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Module 5 Vocabulary

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Hydrosphere   The sum of all water on a planet  
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Hydrologic Cycle   The process by which water is continuously exchanged between earth's various water sources  
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Transpiration   Evaporation of water from plants  
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Condensation   The process by which a gas turns into a liquid  
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Precipitation   Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail  
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Distillation   Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture's individual components  
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Residence Time   The average time a give particle will stay in a given system  
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Salinity   A measure of the mass of dissoved salt in a given mass of water  
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Firn   A dense,icy pack of old snow  
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Water Table   The line between the water-saturated soil and the soil that is not saturated with water  
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Percolation   The process by which water moves downward in the soil, toward the water table  
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Adiabatic cooling   The cooling of a gas that happens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy  
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Cloud condensation muclei   Small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds  
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