The Water Cycle Vocabulary

This is when water soaks into the ground and moves downward through spaces in soil and rocks.

• Percolation

• Transpiration
• Condensation
• Infiltration

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The constant movement of water through the land, air, oceans, and all living things.

• Hydrological cycle
• Water flow
• Aquatic cycle
• Water cycle

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When rain, snow, sleet, or hail falls from clouds in the sky.

• Cloud formation
• Precipitation
• Humidity
• Atmospheric pressure

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The process in which plants lose water through the stomata.

• Photosynthesis
• Osmosis
• Evaporation
• Transpiration

This is energy from the sun that reaches Earth; visible light or ultra radiation.

• Water Energy

• Wind energy
• Lunar radiation
• Radiant Energy

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Rainfall or surface water that drains or flows to streams, rivers, lakes, and or oceans.

• Evaporation

• Precipitation
• Runoff

• Infiltration

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This is total Kinetic energy of tiny particles that make up matter.

• Chemical energy
• Potential energy
• Mechanical energy
• Thermal energy

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To soak up or take something in.

• retain
• release
• discard
• absorb

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Water that is collected in cracks or pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Surface water
• Rainwater
• Groundwater

• Ocean Water

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The formation of highly ordered solid structures from particles in a solution.

• Evaporation
• Crystallization

• Sublimation

• Condensation