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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hydrosphere | the sum of all the water on the planet |
| Hydrospheric cycle | the process by which water is continuosly exchanged between earths various water sources! |
| transpiration | Evaporation of water from plants |
| condensation | the process by which a gas turns into a liquid |
| precipitation | Water falling from the atmosphere as rain,snow,sleet or hail |
| distillation | Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixtures individual components |
| residence time | The average time a given particle will stay in a given system |
| Salinity | A measure of the mass of dissolved salt in a given mass of water |
| Firn | a dense,ice pack of old snow |
| Water table | the line between the water saturated soil and the soil that is not saturated with water |
| percolation | the process by which water moves downward in the soil,torward the water table |
| cloud condensation nuclui | small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds |