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Water Vocabulary
Water cycle, 5th grade, weather
Term | Definition |
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Water cycle | process in which water moves through the Earth |
Precipitation | water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
Condensation | water vapor turns back into a liquid |
Collection/ Runoff | precipitation that gathers back into bodies of water |
Evaporation | liquid water becomes a gas |
States of matter | solid, liquid, or gas |
Rain | liquid precipitation |
Hail | pellets of frozen rain |
Sleet | snow that melts and refreezes as it falls |
Snow | frozen water vapor that falls in small flakes |