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Ecosystem Week 6
Term | Definition |
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Water Cycle | The continual movement of water between the land, ocean and the air |
Condense | To turn from a gas into a liquid (related word: condensation) |
Precipitation | Water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain. |
Transpiration | The process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves. |
Evaporation | The process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas ( related word: evaporate). |
Water Vapor | The gas phase of water. |
Ground Water | Water stored below Earth’s surface in soil and rock layers. |
run- off | Rain that lands on top of a mountain, travels down the mountain to lower ground, moving over and through the rock and soil, and joins larger bodies of water or forms streams. |
cloud | A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere. |
wetland | An area of land where there is water on the surface or where the soil is |