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Vocabulary 12/2/13
Question | Answer |
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water cycle | The continual movement of water between the land, ocean and the air |
condense | to turn from a gas into a liquid (related word: condensation) |
precipitation | water that is released from clouds in the sky; includes rain, snow, sleet, hail, and freezing rain |
transpiration | the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves |
evaporation | the process in which matter changes from a liquid to a gas ( related word: evaporate) |
water vapor | The gas phase of water |
ground water | Water stored below Earth’s surface in soil and rock layers |
run off | Rain that lands on top of a mountain, travels down the mountain to lower ground, moving over and through the rock and soil, and joins larger bodies of water or forms streams |
cloud | A collection of water droplets or ice crystals in the atmosphere |
wetland | An area of land where there is water on the surface or where the soil is completely filled with water for at least part of the year |