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Water Cycle Vocabulary
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Evaporation
The process where water changes from a liquid to a gas or vapor.
Condensation
The process by which water vapor in the air is changed into liquid water.
Precipitation
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches the ground.
Transpiration
Evaporation of water from the leaves of plants and trees into the atmosphere.
Infiltration
The process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
Runoff
The flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface.
Sublimation
The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.
Deposition
The phase change in which gas transforms into solid without passing through the liquid phase.
Groundwater Storage
The storage of water underground in primarily liquid form.
Snowmelt
The runoff produced by melting snow.
Condensation Nuclei
Small particles in the atmosphere around which cloud droplets can form.
Percolation
The movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials.
Aquifer
An underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock, rock fractures or unconsolidated materials.
Water Table
The level below which the ground is saturated with water.
Hydrological Cycle
Another term for the water cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth.
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