5.8B Water Cycle Vocabulary

The movement of water into the air as water vapor and back to the Earth's surface as liquid or solid

• sun

• transpiration

• water cycle

• evaporation

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major source of thermal energy that powers the water cycle.

• sun

• water cycle

• evaporation

• transpiration

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thermal energy is absorbed by liquid water and changes to a gas called water vapor

• sun

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

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water evaporation from plants

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

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the gaseous form of water

• runoff

• water vapor

• condensation

• precipitation

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water vapor (gas) cools down and changes to liquid to form clouds.

• condensation

• water vapor

• precipitation

• runoff

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water falling back to the Earth's surface as rain, sleet, hail or snow.

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• runoff

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water that flows along the ground returning to rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans.

• runoff

• groundwater

• precipitation

• accumulation

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the water that infiltrates or gets absorbed by the ground, water underground.

• precipitation

• groundwater

• accumulation

• evaporation

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places where water collects and then gets evaporated. Includes lakes, ponds, streams, and oceans.

• runoff

• groundwater

• accumulation

• precipitation

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