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| The movement of water between and within the atmosphere and Earth. |
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| basically evaporation that occurs directly through plants |
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| interception occurs when water is intercepted in the water cycle and does not move directly from the atmosphere to the ocean back to the atmosphere. Rain that falls on land is intercepted. |
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| water that penetrates into the ground is said to undergo infiltration. It then joins the water table as ground water. |
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| the process by which a molecule breaks free from the liquid volume. |
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| The process through which water vapor molecules randomly collide with the water surface and bond with adjacent molecules. The opposite of evaporation. |
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| an equilibrium state between evaporation and condensation. |
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| the change of phase directly from ice to water vapor |
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| the change of phase directly from water vapor to ice |
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| The amount of water vapor in the air. Refers exclusively to water vapor, not to liquid droplets or ice crystals suspended in or falling through the air. |
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| The part of the total atmospheric pressure due to water vapor. Depends on both the temperature and the density of water vapor molecules. Measured in millibars in the US. |
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| Saturation vapor pressure |
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| maximum vapor pressure, maximum that can exist, depends on temperature |
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