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Academic vocab
Term | Definition |
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water cycle | the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things. |
sublimation | the process in witch a solid changes directly into a gas |
evaporation | Evaporation is the primary pathway that water moves from the liquid state back into the water cycle as atmospheric water vapor. |
condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
transpiration | the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms |
precipitation | any form of water that falls to earth surface from the clouds includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail |