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FRESH WATER
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Water cycle | |
| Evaporation | |
| Condensation | |
| The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean. | |
| Evaporation takes place when water from the oceans and the earths surface changes into water vapor | |
| precipitation | |
| transpiration | |
| runoff | |
| percolation | |
| groundwater | |
| water table | |
| aquifer | |
| Condensation takes place when water vapor cools and changes into water droplets that form clouds in the atmosphere. | |
| Precipitation is rain, snow sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds onto the earths land and oceans. |