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Water Cycle
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Science
4th Grade
10/06/2008

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Evaporation
Definition
the change from a liquid to a gas (when water heats up and turns into water vapor)
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Condensation
Definition
the change from a gas to a liquid (when water vapor cools and turns into water or clouds)
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Precipitation
Definition
moisture from the water atmosphere falling downward (ex. rain, sleet, or snow)
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Water cycle
Definition
the repeated changes in which water goes into the air as a gas,water vapor, and then comes back out of the air as rain and snow
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Water vapor
Definition
water in the form of an invisible gas
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Run-off
Definition
rainfall which is not absorbed by the soil but is drained off into bodies of water
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Percolation
Definition
to pass or cause to pass through; filter; strain
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Water table
Definition
the level to which water rises to the ground
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