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Water Cycle
Lott - Water Cycle - 4th MCCRS
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| condensation | the change in the state of matter from water vapor (a gas) to a liquid |
| energy | what is needed to do work or to cause a change |
| evaporation | the change in state of matter from a liquid to water vapor (a gas) |
| precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from the clouds in the sky |
| runoff | water that moves down a surface from high elevation to areas of lower elevation |
| sun | the star at the center of the solar system that supplies the Earth and all living things with energy in the form of light and heat |
| water cycle | the constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and living things |
| cloud | a collection of condensed water droplets in the atmosphere |
| groundwater | water that seeps below the surface of the ground into the soil and rock layers |
| transpiration | evaporation of water out of small holes, or pores, in the leaves of plants |
| accumulation | water that collects on the top surface of the earth in streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes; above ground water |
| closed water system | a system that cannot get water from anywhere else; the water on earth is the same water that has been on earth for billions of years |
| cycle | a continuous series or chain of events with no beginning or end |
| infiltration | when water enters and soaks the top layers of the ground |
| percolation | when water moves down through deeper layers of soil and into the rocky layers |
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