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Water cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water cycle | The continual movement of water among earths atmosphere , oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
| evaporation | The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorbs enough energy to change to a gas |
| Condensation | the change of state from a gas to a liquid |
| dew point | the temperature at which condensation begins |
| humidity | the amount of water vapor in a given volume of air |
| relative humidity | The percentage of water vapor in the air compared to the maximum amount of water vapor that air can contain at a particular temperature |
| precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earths surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |