The Water Cycle-Vocabulary

the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

• groundwater

• condensation

• water vapor

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A process at which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• water cycle

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water vapor cools and becomes a liquid

• transpiration

• evaporation

• water vapor

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

when water in the form of ice, rain, sleet, hail, or snow, falls to Earth

• condensation

• groundwater

• precipitation

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the water that plants give off as part of their respiratory process (they "breathe" in carbon dioxide and "breathe" out oxygen - in this process, they also make water)

• evaporation

• water cycle

• precipitation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

when precipitation hits the ground, it is either absorbed, or it flows over the surface of the earth

• water cycle

• runoff

• groundwater

• water vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water in its gas form

• water cycle

• water vapor

• transpiration

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water that is in the ground

• groundwater

• condensation

• transpiration

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4