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Topic 2 Vocab
Earth's Water
Term | Definition |
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Water Cycle | The pattern of water moving on Earth from the ocean, to the sky, to a river and back to the ocean |
Evaporation | The process where a substance warms and changes from a liquid into a gas |
Condensation | The process where a gas cools and becomes a liquid |
Precipitation | water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow or hail |
Glacier | Snow and ice gathered in one area over many years |
Aquifer | large supplies of underground water |
Reservoir | a place to store water made by humans |
Circulation | a swirling movement that moves ocean water around the globe |
Tides | a pattern of rising and falling movement in the ocean caused by gravity |
Salinity | the amount of salt in water |