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| What is the Hydrololic cycle? |
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| The proses by which water is continually exchanges between earths various water sources. |
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| The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water. |
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| Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
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| Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixtures individual components. |
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| Emission of water vapor to plants. |
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| The average time a given molecule of water will stay given region of space. |
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| A measure of the quantity of dissolved salt in water. |
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| A dense icy pack of snow. |
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| The imaginary line between the water saturated soil and the soil not saturated with water. |
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| What is the ocean made of? |
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| 96.5% water, 2.72% sodium cloride, and .78% other |
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| The process by which water passes from above the water table to below it. |
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| What is adiabatic cooling? |
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| The cooling of a gas that happens when the gas expands. |
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| What is cloud condensation nuclei? |
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| small particles that water vapor condenses on to form clouds. |
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| what type of water takes up the majority of earths water supply, fresh or salt? |
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| What is the largest source of fresh water on the planet? |
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| what is the largest source of liquid fresh water? |
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