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Water Vocabulary
Water cycle, 5th grade, weather
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |