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S.Studies chpt.2
Water, Climate,& Vegetation
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Water vapor | water in the form of gas |
| water cycle | process in which water moves from oceans to air to the ground and finally back |
| evaporation | process in which the sun's heat turns liquid water into water |
| condensation | process in which air rises & cools, which makes the water vapor it holds change back into liquid |
| precipitation | water that falls back to the earth as rain |
| collection | process in the water cycle during which streams & rivers carry water back to the oceans |
| glacier | giant slow-moving sheets of ice |
| groundwater | water that fills in tiny cracks & holes in the rock layers below the earth's surface |
| aquifer | underground rock layer water flows through |
| weather | unpredictable changes in the air over time |
| climate | usual, predictable pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time |
| Tropics | low-latitude region between the Tropic of capricorn the Tropic of Cancer |
| drought | long period of extreme dryness |