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Water Cycle

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Hydrology The study of water.
Water Cycle Also called the Hydrologic Cycle. Process by which water is circulated between the Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land.
Sun Provides the energy that powers the water cycle.
condensation happens when water vapor (gas) is COOLED and changes into a liquid
precipitation rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds.
infiltration happens when water on the surface filters into the ground
sublimation happens when a solid changes to a gas without melting first
transpiration happens when liquid water evaporates from plant leaves
runoff precipitation that does not infiltrate into the soil or evaporate but flows across the land instead
groundwater water that infiltrates into the soil, collects, and is stored in the ground
aquifer a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow
evaporation happens when liquid water is heated and changes into a gas
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