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Water Cycle Vocabulary
how the water cycle works
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Environmental Studies
6th Grade
04/18/2012

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Term

Evaporation

 

 

Definition

the changing of water from a liquid to a gas

 

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Condensation
Definition

the changing of water from a gas to a liquid

 

 

Term
Sublimation
Definition
the changing of water from a solid to a gas
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Precipitation
Definition
the process by which water molecules condense to form drops heavy enough to fall to the Earth's surface
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Transpiration
Definition
the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere
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Surface Runoff
Definition
the flowing of water over the land from higher to lower ground
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Infiltration
Definition
the process of water filling the porous spaces of soil
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Percolation
Definition
groundwater moving in the saturated zone below the earth's surface
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