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S.F. Chapter 7 Water on Earth Vocabulary

Scott Foresman Science - 5th Grade

AB
currentscarries warm water to the polls
salinityamount of salt in water
surface fresh waterwater that sits on the ground level containing no salt - ex: rivers and lakes
evaporationWhen water turns from a liquid to a gas
sublimationice changing directly to gas without melting first
groundwaterwater found in between soil and rocks, under the ground
aquiferlayer of rock and soil that groundwater occupies
water tabletop level of an aquifer
condensationwater changing from gas to liquid, also known as dew
iceberga piece of ice that breaks off a sheet of ice
glacierwhen ice is several kilometers thick and covers land
stratus cloudsclouds that cover the whole sky, low altitude, look dark
cirrus cloudsclouds that are thing whispy and white - found at high altitudes
cumulus cloudsmid-altitude clouds, small puffy clouds
sleetfrozen rain
frostwhen water vapor freezes without changing into a liquid


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