vocabulary terms for the water cycle and humidity
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| hydrologic cycle | Scientific name for the water cycle
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| evapotranspiration | process in which water vapor enters the atmosphere either from the soil or from the leaves of plants
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| transpiration | process in which water vapor enters the atmosphere from the stomata of leaves
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| evaporation | process in which liquid water molecules re-enter the atmosphere as water vapor.
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| precipitation | any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface
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| hail | round pellets of ice that form inside cumulonimbus clouds
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| sleet | raindrops that freeze into ice particles before they hit the ground.
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| freezing rain | raindrops that freeze upon reaching the earth's surface
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| condensation | process in which water vapor becomes liquid water.
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| runoff | precipitation that reaches the surface of the Earth and drains into creeks, streams, and rivers.
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| infiltration | precipitation that reaches the Earth's surface and seeps into the ground
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| humidity | a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
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| relative humidty | percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum water vapor the air could hold at a particular temperature
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| dew point | temperature at which condensation begins
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| dew | forms when the current air temperature equals the dew point temperature and both are above freezing
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| frost | forms when the current air temperature equals the dew point and both temperatures are below freezing
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| psychrometer | instrument used to measure relative humidity
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| rain gauge | instrument used to measure rainfall
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