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Land and Water
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| model | a small version of an object or a process that scientists use to study an actual thing or event |
| water cycle | the process by which water moves through the ground, evaporates from earth into the air, forms clouds, and falls back to earth as rain or snow |
| evaporation | the process by which a liquid becomes a gas |
| condensation | when a gas becomes a liquid |
| precipitation | rain,snow, sleet or hail |
| water vapor | water in its gaseous state/water as a gas |
| weathering | the process by which materials are broken down by natural forces |
| erosion | the wearing away and movement of soil |
| source | origin or beginning of a stream or river |
| properties | something about an object that helps identify it, such as color, texture,shape and size |
| runoff | water that flows over the surface of the land |
| groundwater | water that has soaked into the soil |