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Hydrologic Cycle

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TermDefinition
Aquifer an underground layer of porous rock and/or sand that contains water
Condensation change from a gas to a liquid; forms clouds
Evaporation change from a liquid to a gas at temperatures below boiling
Freezing changing from a liquid to a solid
Glacier a large slow moving body of snow and ice
Hail frozen balls of ice that can be as large as grapefruit
Melting changing from a solid to a liquid
Phase change a change from one state of matter to another
Precipitation water that falls to Earth's surface
Reservoir a body of water
Runoff water that moves across the surface of land into streams or rivers; sources include heavy rain
Sleet frozen rain
Transpiration the release of water vapor from the leaves of plants
Water cycle the continuous movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again
Accumulation the collection of precipitation into rivers, lakes, and oceans
Sublimation ice (solid) changing directly into water vapor (gas); skipping the liquid phase
Atmosphere a blanket of air that surrounds the Earth
Infiltration when surface water soaks into the soil
cloud a mass of water droplets in the air
the sun the source of energy that drives the water cycle
water vapor the gas form of water
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