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Water cycle   The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.  
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Water table   The upper surface of underground water, the upper boundary of the zone of saturation  
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Aquifer   A body of rock sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.  
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Artesian spring   A spring whose water flows from a crack in the cap rock over the aquifer  
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Evaporation   Takes place when water from the oceans and the earths surface changes into water vapor. Energy from the sun causes evaporation. Water gains energy during evaporation.  
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Condensation   Takes place when water vapor cools and changes into water droplets that form clouds in the atmosphere. Water loses energy during condensation.  
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Precipitation   Is rain, sleet, snow, or hail that falls from clouds onto earths land and oceans.  
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Runoff    
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Groundwater   The water located within the rocks below the earths surface is called groundwater.  
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Porosity   The percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of open surfaces  
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Permability   The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass, through its open spaces or pores  
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Impermeable   A rock that stops the flow of water is called impermeable  
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Well   A human-made hole that is deeper than the level of the water table is called a well  
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Zone Of aeration   Rainwater passes through the upper zone called zone Of aeration  
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Zone of Saturation   Farther down the water collects in an area called the zone of saturation  
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  Is precipitation that flows over land into streams and rivers. This later enters oceans.  
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Transpiration    
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Percolation   Is the downward movement of water through pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity.  
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  Water releases from leaves then going into the air  
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