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| The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops. |
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| The process by which plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make food. |
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| The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive. |
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| The invisible, gaseous form of water. |
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| Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers. |
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| A molecule that has electrically charges areas. |
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| The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other. |
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| The combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials. |
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| A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another. |
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| A form of matter; solid, liquid, or gas. |
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| The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state. |
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| The process by which a gas changes to a liquid. |
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| The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of substance by 1 degree Celsius. |
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| The place where an organism lives and that provides the things it needs to survive. |
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| The continuous process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment. |
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| The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves. |
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| Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
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