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Water Cycle
Question | Answer |
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The primary mechanism for transporting water from the atmosphere back to Earth's surface. | Percipitation |
Water Vapor in the air cools, loses energy, and slows down to stick together and make clouds. | Condensation |
The process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas. | Evaporation |
Water being released from plants. | Transpiration |
When water seeps into the ground. | Infiltration |
Water going over the Earth's surface, to get back to the ocean. | Runoff |
Ground water that is held in the saturated zone below the Earth's water table. | Aquifer |
Water that humans an drink. For example water in lakes, and rivers. | Freshwater |