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Water Cycle
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Definition | Term |
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when gas turns back into a liquid | Condensation |
when water turns to a gas | Evaporation |
70% of the Earth's surface is covered by water, about 70% of the oxygen we breathe is produced by the oceans | Ocean |
water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices of rock | Ground water |
rain, snow, sleet, hail or fog | Precipitation |
energy from the sun | Solar energy |
the cycles of processes by which water circulates between the Earth's ocean, atmosphere and land involving precipitation as rain and snow, drainage in streams and rivers and return to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration. | Water cycle |
the gradual gathering of rain or snow | Accumulation |
when gas turns back into a liquid | Condensation |
an interval of time during which a sequence of recurring successions of events takes place | Cycle |
the draining away of water carried from the surface | Runoff |
the process when a plant absorbs water through the roots and then gives off water vapor through the pores of the leaves | Transpiration |
energy from the Sun | Solar energy |