Water Cycle Review

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What is the process in which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water?

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Condensation

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What does condensation mean?

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Water vapor cooling to form clouds.

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What happens when clouds fill with water and can't hold anymore?

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The water falls from the clouds as precipitation.

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What are formed when water vapor condenses and comes together?

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Clouds.

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What is it called when water does not get absorbed into soil or evaporate into the atmosphere?

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Runoff.

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What is evaporation?

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The process of water turning from liquid to vapor.

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What is precipitation?

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Any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface.

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What is transpiration?

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The process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts.

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What role do clouds play in the water cycle?

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They store water vapor and release it as precipitation.

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What is the water cycle?

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The continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.