The Water Cycle

The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into clouds, and then precipitates down to Earth.

• rain

• snow

• water cycle

• sleet

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Water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• water cycle

• precipitation

• weather

• climate

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The cooling of water in the atmosphere changing gas to a liquid.

• rain

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

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The process that occurs when water changes from a liquid to a gas, caused by heat.

• precipitation

• run-off

• rain

• evaporation

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The passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.

• transpiration

• carbon dioxide

• air

• evaporation

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Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean.

• precipitation

• run-off

• water cycle

• evaporation

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What is your favorite form of precipitation?

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

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Precipitation

• rain

• sleet

• clouds

• snow

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• rain

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

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• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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