4th Grade Land and Water Vocabulary

The features of the Earth's surface, such as mountains, plateaus, and plains.

• Atmosphere
• Landforms

• Geography
• Topography

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The process by which water moves through the ground, evaporates from Earth into the air, forms clouds and falls back to Earth as rain or snow.

• Waterfall
• Water slide
• Water pump
• Water cycle

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The process by which a liquid becomes a gas.

• Solidification
• Condensation
• Sublimation
• Evaporation

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A layer of underground rock or sediment that contains water.

• Geothermal
• Tectonic plate
• Magma
• Aquifer

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Water that stays on the Earth's surface rather than sinks into the soil.

• deep water
• submerged water
• surface water
• underground water

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A long period of dry weather.

• drought
• blizzard
• rainstorm
• flood

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Overflow of a body of water beyond its banks or shore.

• Earthquake
• Drought
• Flood
• Tornado

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Water as it falls from clouds to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Evaporation
• Condensation
• Transpiration
• Precipitation

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Water that has soaked into the soil.

• Skywater
• Underwater
• Overwater
• Ground water

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A place where large amounts of water are stored for future use. They may be natural or made by humans.

• Lake
• Pond
• Ocean
• Reservoir

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