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Watery Planet
Water Cycle and Earth's Systems
Term | Definition |
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Salinity | A measure of how salty water is. |
Aquifer | The layer of rock and soil that groundwater flows through. |
Water Table | The top level of groundwater in an aquifer. |
Reservoir | A lake formed behind a dam. |
Condensation | The changing of a gas into a liquid. |
Evaporation | The changing of a liquid into a gas. |
Precipitation | Water leaving clouds as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
Sublimation | When ice turns into water vapor without first melting. |
Sleet | Frozen rain drops. |
Water Cycle | The path that water takes as it evaporates from oceans, lakes, and other sources, condenses, and falls to Earth as precipitation, and evaporates or flows back to the sea. |