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Water Cycle Vocab
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7th Grade
02/02/2012

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Term
Water Cycle
Definition
The cycle process of evaporation and condensation that controls the disribution of the earth's water.
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Atmoshpere
Definition
Gases surounding the earth or another planet.
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Evaporation
Definition
The process of any subtance of liquid form that is converted in to gas form.
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Water Vapor
Definition
The gas form of water.
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Condensation
Definition
When a vapor or gas is cahnged to a liquid or solid.
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Transpiration
Definition
The process of which water vapor escapes form a living plant and enters the atmosphere
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Precipitation
Definition
When the water vapor in the sky becomes a liquid and falls in the form of rain or snow
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Infiltration
Definition
To enter or mix with a substance.
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Surface runoff
Definition
THe water that drains off of the ground into rivers and streams.
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groundwater
Definition
The water in the soil.
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sun
Definition
The main solar body which produces gases and heat.
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Pollution
Definition
Substances or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects of the enviroment.
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Altitude
Definition
The hieght of an object in reference to the sea's level or the ground level.
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Fog
Definition
A thick cloud of water near the earths surface.
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Clouds
Definition
Collection of water vapor in the air.
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