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The Earth System
Chapter 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Liquid water changes into water vapor. | Evaporation |
| water released from plants | Transpiration |
| Water vapor cools and changes into liquid droplets (forms clouds). | Condensation |
| Water falling from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. | Precipitation |
| Water that flows across the land surface toward rivers, lakes, or the ocean. | Runoff |
| Water that gathers in bodies of water or soaks into the ground as groundwater. | Collection |
| The continuous movement of water through evaporation/transpiration, condensation, precipitation, and runoff/collection | The water cycle |
| Water in its gas form, invisible in the air. | Water vapor |
| A dry area on the leeward side of a mountain where little rain falls because the mountain forces air upward and causes rain on the windward side. | Rain shadow |
| The layer of gases surrounding Earth | Atmosphere |
| All the water on Earth (oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, ice). | Hydrosphere |
| The solid parts of Earth (land, mountains, soil, rocks). | Geosphere |
| All living things (plants, animals, people) and their interactions with Earth systems. | Biosphere |
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