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Water on Earth
Term | Definition |
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condensation | The change of state from a gas to a liquid. |
water vapor | Water in the form of a gas. |
gravity | A force that attracts all objects toward each other. |
habitat | An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce. |
groundwater | Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers. |
water cycle | The continual movement of water among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. |
evaporation | The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas. |
transpiration | The process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves. |
precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth’s surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |