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Water Cycle
Question | Answer |
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Water Cycle | A process by which water is circulated through the ecosphere. |
Evaporation | The process of changing from a solid or liquid state to a vapor or gas. |
Transpiration | The process by which moisture is carried through plants from the roots to the leaves where it canoes to vapor and escapes to the atmosphere through the leaf opening. |
Infiltration | The process by which water on the ground surfaces enters the soil. |
Condensation | The process of water vapor returning to its liquid state as temperatures cool. |
Run Off | Precipitation that did not get absorbed into the soil, or did not evaporate. |
Leaching | To be dissolved or passed out by a liquid |
Atmosphere | Rising air currents |
Ocean | Huge body of water |
River | Body of water which releases water into oceans |