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water cycle
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7th Grade
02/01/2012

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Evaporation
Definition
When water goes back into the air and turns into rain, snow etc.
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Altitude
Definition
A high location of an area
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Sun
Definition
A hot gassy star that gives the earth it's heat and light
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Clouds
Definition
Holds rain and precipitation
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Water Cycle
Definition
the circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow
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Atmosphere
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A gas surrounding something or someone especially the earth.
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Water vapor
Definition
A gas state especially in the atmosphere where air is below boiling point.
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Condensation
Definition
The act of condensing something (getting smaller).
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Transpiration
Definition
Where water absorbed by plants becomes evaporated
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Infiltration
Definition
slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium; "the percolation of rainwater through the soil";
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surface run off
Definition
Overland flow of excess water that cannot be absorbed by the ground as infiltration.
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pollution
Definition
The contamination of air, water, or soil by substances that are harmful to living organisms.
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fog
Definition
Condensed water vapor in cloudlike masses lying close to the ground and limiting visibility.
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Ground water
Definition
Water beneath the earth's surface, often between saturated soil and rock, that supplies wells and springs.
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