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Earth Science

TermDefinition
Condensation The cooling of water vapor back into liquid
Evaporation The heating of liquid water into water vapor
Precipitation Water that falls from the atmosphere in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Transpiration When water evaporates from the leaves of plants
Runoff Water that moves across land and into lakes and oceans
Infiltration When water is absorbed into the ground
What is the energy source that makes the water cycle happen? The sun
The dynamic movement of water on, below, and above Earth is called… The water cycle
Saturation When no more liquid can be absorbed
What is the force that makes condensed water fall from clouds? Gravity
Transform Plate Boundary Plates that slide past each other and cause things like earthquakes
Convergent Plate Boundary Plates that smash into each other and cause things like mountains and volcanoes
Divergent Plate Boundary Plates that move away from each other and cause things like valleys
Crust Outer layer of earth, thinnest layer
Mantle Middle layer, two parts; lithosphere and asthenosphere
Core Inner layer of earth, two parts; inner core which is solid and outer core which is liquid
Igneous Rock Formed by cooled magma
Sedimentary Rock Formed by sediment getting cemented together
Metamorphic Rock Formed by heat and pressure
Rock Cycle The process of rock constantly changing
Weathering Breaking down of rock
Erosion Movement of rock
Deposition Placement of rock in a new spot
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