Water Cycle & Properties

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What is the process called when water vapor is cooled and forms droplets of liquid water?

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Condensation

Front

What do we call water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?

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Runoff

Front

What is the term for when water molecules stick easily to other water molecules?

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Cohesion

Front

Why is water considered a universal solvent?

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Because it dissolves most substances.

Front

What is the process called when water turns into a gas?

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Evaporation

Front

What is the term for the movement of water from the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere?

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Evaporation

Front

What is precipitation in the water cycle?

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Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground.

Front

What is the term for the process by which plants release water vapor into the air?

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Transpiration

Front

What property of water allows it to have a high specific heat capacity?

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Hydrogen bonding.

Front

What is the term for the attraction between water molecules and other substances?

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Adhesion