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Water Cycle
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Water Cycle | The process by which water moves through the Earth and atmosphere. |
Evaporation | The process of liquid turning into gas. |
Condensation | The process of gas turning into liquid. |
Precipitation | Forms of water that falls from clouds back to Earth's surface. |
Groundwater | Water held or found underground. |
Runoff | Water that does not go into the ground and instead flows to Earth's surface. |
Collection | When water falls from the clous and collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes and streams. |
Transpiration | Evaporation of water off plants. |
Matter | Anything that has mass and takes of space. |
Mass | The amount of matter an object contains. |
Law of the Conservation Of Mass | Matter cannot be created or destroyed. |
Weight | A measure of the amountgravity actiong on an object's mass. |