Water Cycle Vocabulary Test

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water cycle

Back

the PATH that all water follows as it moves around Earth

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What is accumulation?

Back

water COLLECTING in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans

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precipitation

Back

liquid and solid water that fall from CLOUDS

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What is runoff?

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when there is more water than land can ABSORB

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surface water

Back

any water that is ABOVE ground

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groundwater

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the water found UNDER the ground

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transpiration

Back

when PLANTS give off water vapor from leaves

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evaporation

Back

when liquids change to a GAS or vapor

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What is condensation?

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when water vapor turns into LIQUID

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Infiltration

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water that SOAKS into the soil