Water Cycle Vocab

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

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Water Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Clouds

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Condensation
• Evaporation
• Snow

• Melting

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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the process by which water changes from liquid form to gas, caused by heat

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Precipitation
• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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the passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere

• Transpiration
• Photosynthesis
• Oxygen

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground

• Runoff
• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the water that is beneath Earth's surface

• Groundwater
• Rainwater
• Ocean water
• River water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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water in the form of a gas

• Water Vapor

• Liquid
• Atmosphere

• Ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a collection of small water droplets or ice crystals suspended in the air, which forms when the air is cooled and condensation occurs

• Cloud
• Rain
• Snow
• Hail

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• Infiltration
• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4