[image] ATMOSPHERE

THE ENVELOPE OF GASES SURROUNDING

THE EARTH.

[image] CONDENSATION

PHYSICAL CHANGE IN MATTER FROM 

A GAS TO A LIQUID

THE OUTERMOST SHELL OF A

TERRESTRIAL PLANET.

[image]EVAPORATION

THE CHANGING OF WATER FROM A

LIQUID TO A GAS.

[image] GLACIER

A LARGE, SLOW MOVING, LONG LASTING

ACCUMULATION OF SNOW AND ICE THAT DEVELOPS ON LAND.

[image]GROUNDWATER

WATER LOCATED BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE; WATER THAT HAS SEEPED INTO EARTH'S SURFACE; COLLECTS IN CRACKS AND PORES IN UNDERGROUN SOIL AND ROCK LAYERS.

[image] HYDROLOGIC CYCLE

THE NATURAL PROCESS BY WHICH WATER IS PURIFIED AND MADE FRESH THROUGH EVAPORATION AND PRECIPITATION.

[image]INFILTRATION

WHEN PRECIPITATION SOAKS INTO THE GROUND THROUGH THE SOIL AND UNDERLYING ROCK LAYERS.

[image] OCEAN

the whole body of saltwater that covers nearly 3 fourths of the surface of the earth

[image] PRECIPITATION

RAIN, SNOW, SLEET, OR HAIL THAT FALLS FROM CLOUDS IN THE SKY.

[image] RUNOFF

RAINFALL AND SURFACE WATER THAT DRAINS OR FLOWS FROM THE LAND INTO STEAMS,K RIVERS, LAKES, OR THE OCEAN.

[image] TRANSPIRATION

THE EVAPORATION OF WATER THROUGH OPENINGS ON THE LEAVES OF PLANTS.

[image] WATER

A COLORLESS, TRANSPARENT, ODORLESS LIQUID THAT FORMS THE SEAS, LAKES, RIVERS, AND RAIN AND IS THE BASIS OF THE FLUIDS OF LIVING ORGANISMS.

[image] THE WATER CYCLE

THE CYCLE OF PROCESSES BY WHICH WATER CIRCULATES BETWEEN THE EARTH'S OCEANS, ATMOSPHERE, AND LAND.

[image] PHASE

A DISTINCT PERIOD OR STAGE

IN A PROCESS OF CHANGE.