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Water Cycle Vocab
6th Grade Water Cycle Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Absorb | To soak up or take something in |
Atmosphere | The layer of gas surrounding a planet that is held in place by gravity |
Condensation | The change from a gas state to a liquid state |
Crystallization | The formation of highly ordered, solid structures from particles in a solution |
Deposition | When a gas is transformed directly into a solid, such as when water vapor forms solid snowflakes in the cold conditions high in the troposphere |
Evaporation | Change of a liquid to a vapor or gas |
Gravity | The force that causes objects with mass to attract one another |
Groundwater | Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers |
Infiltration | When liquid water soaks into the surface of the ground and percolates down through the soil and rock, becoming part of the groundwater in that area |
Percolation | When water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in soil and rocks |
Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky |
Radiant Energy | Energy from the Sun that reaches Earth as visible light, ultraviolet radiation, and infrared (heat) radiation |
Runoff | Rainfall and surface water that drain or flow from the land into streams, rivers, lakes, or the ocean |
Thermal Energy | The total kinetic (motion) energy of the tiny particles that make up matter; the faster the particles move, the warmer the matter becomes |
Transpiration | The process by which plants lose water (water vapor) through the stomata in their leaves |
Water Cycle | The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things |
The 3 Climate Zones | Temperate, Polar, and Tropical |
Low Pressure System Color | Red |
Gap of Climate Change | + 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit |
Earth's Surface as Water | 70% |
#1 Weather Killer in US | Heat Exhaustion |