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Week Seventeen 01/13
Question | Answer |
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Ground Water | Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices of rock |
Cycle | An interval of time during which a sequence of reoccurring events takes place |
Water Cycle | The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land. |
Transpiration | The process when a plant absorbs water through the roots and then gives off water vapor through the pores of the leaves. |
Runoff | The draining away of water from the surface of land |
Evaporation | When water turns into a gas |
Condensation | When gas turns back into a liquid |
Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet, fog or hail |
Ocean | 70% of the Earth's surface. |
Solar Energy | Energy from the sun |
Weather | The day to day conditions of our atmosphere that can change in an instant |
Climate | The general weather over a long period of time |
Rotation/Rotate | To spin or make a circular motion on its own axis |
Revolution/Revolve | To go all the way around something |
Axis | An imaginary line which a body rotates on |
Equator | An imaginary line dividing the Northern and Southern hemisphere |
Tilt | A sloping position |
Day/Night Cycle | Caused by the Earth's rotation on its axis every 24 hours |
Seasons | Caused by the Earth's revolution around the Sun and it's tilt |
Tides | Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon on the Earth |