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| The continual movement of water between the oceans, land, and atmosphere [image] |
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The process of changing state from a liquid to a gas
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| The process of changing state from a gas to a liquid [image] |
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| Liquid that falls from the atmosphere that comes in various forms:rain,snow,sleet or hail [image] |
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A mearure of the amount of salts dissolved in a liquid
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| Water that is not absorbed immediately by Earth’s surface but flows downhill over the land and buildings and into water bodies and sewers [image] |
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The force that causes objects to be pulled toward the centre of Earth
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A deep crack that forms in a glacier [image]
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| A large moving mass of compressed ice and snow [image] |
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| The water that has seeped into the ground from the surface of earth [image] |
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| A large chunk of ice that breaks off a glacier into the ocean[image] |
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The area of land on which precipitation falls and drains into a common river [image]
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| An underground layer of porous rock through which water can flow quite easily [image] |
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| A large natural or artificial lake or holding pond used to collect and store water for human use [image] |
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| The level beneath the ground, which porous rocks are filled with water [image] |
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| An area of built-up sediment deposited by a river where the river empties into an ocean or a lake [image] |
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| An area of fast-moving, churning water in a steep rocky river [image] |
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| Scratch marks cut into rock by glaciers slowly moving over [image] |
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| A sudden rapid movement of rock material down the slope of a hill [image] |
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| A large circular depression in the ground caused by the collapse of an underground cave [image] |
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| An area with many sinkholes [image] |
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| A large underground hollow in rock created over time by weathering and erosion [image] |
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| The gradual process of breaking down rock into smaller fragments [image] |
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| The gradual process of breaking down rock physically without changing its composition [image] |
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| The process through which rock is broken down when its minerals react with chemical agents [image] |
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| Physical or Chemical Weathering caused by plants or animals [image] |
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| The process in which eroded sediments and other material are dropped or left by water or ice, creating built-up landforms [image] |
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| The transport of sediments from one place to another by agents [image] |
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