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Apologia Phys Sci Module 5

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Adiabatic cooling   The cooling of a gas that happens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy  
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Cloud condensation nuclei   Small airborne particles on which water vapor condenses to form clouds.  
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Condensation   The process by which a gas turns into a liquid  
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Distillation   Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture’s individual components  
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Firn   A dense icy pack of old snow  
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Hydrosphere   The sum of all water on a planet  
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Hydrological Cycle   The process by which water is continuously exchanged between earth’s various water sources.  
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Percolation   The process by which water moves downward in the soil toward the water table  
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Precipitation   Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet or hail  
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Residence time   The average time a given particle will stay in a given system  
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Salinity   A measure of the mass of dissolved salt in a given mass of water  
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Transpiration   Evaporation of water from plants  
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Water table   The line between the water saturated soil and the soil that is not saturated with water  
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The vast majority of water on the earth is _____________, since more than 97% of earth's water supply is in the oceans.   saltwater  
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The largest source of freshwater on the planet is the__________________   glaciers and icebergs  
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The largest source of liquid freshwater is   groundwater  
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Water can enter the atmosphere through   evaporation and transpiration  
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