What Is the Water Cycle?

Water stored underground.

• groundwater

• condensation

• water cycle

• runoff

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The changing of water from a gas to a liquid.

• atmosphere

• condensation

• water cycle

• runoff

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The movement of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back again.

• atmosphere

• precipitation

• water cycle

• runoff

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Mixture of gases that surrounds Earth.

• atmosphere

• precipitation

• water cycle

• runoff

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Water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface.

• atmosphere

• precipitation

• water cycle

• runoff

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Water that flows across Earth's surface.

• atmosphere

• precipitation

• water cycle

• runoff

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A huge mass of frozen water that moves slowly.

• glacier

• transpiration

• water cycle

• runoff

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The process in which plants return water vapor to the atmosphere.

• glacier

• transpiration

• water cycle

• runoff

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Water as a gas.

• glacier

• transpiration

• water vapor

• runoff

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The changing of water from a liquid to a gas.

• glacier

• transpiration

• water vapor

• evaporation

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