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Water Cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The process where liquid changes to gas | Evaporation |
| Water vapor released from plants | Transpiration |
| The process where gas changes into liquid | Condensation |
| Produced by low pressure or cooler temperatures; liquid water in the sky | Clouds |
| Water released from clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail | Precipitation |
| Water flowing across land | Runoff |
| Water entering the ground | Infiltration |
| Water seeping deeper into the ground to become groundwater | Percolation |
| Groundwater | Water underneath the surface of Earth |
| Surface water | Water above the surface of Earth |
| Storage | A large body of water aka accumulation |
| Aquifer | Underground rock or sand that holds water |
| Watershed | An area of land that drains into a specific body of water |
| Water vapor | Gas form of water |
| The process of solid changing into gas | Sublimation |
| The energy that drives the water cycle | Sun |
| The force that pulls precipitation down from the atmosphere | Gravity |