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Earth Science Water Cycle Vocabulary

Vocabulary Words

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Condensationwater vapor becoming water
Evaporationwater turning into water vapor
Run offwater collecting above ground due to saturation
saturationthe ground absorbing all the water it can
Continentbody of land surrounded by water
Cloudcondensed water vapor after cooling/collects on condensation nuclei
precipitationwater returning to earth
ground waterwater located under the surface of the earth
Condensation nucleidust, dirt, air pollution, car exhaust,ashes, sand
Icesolid form of H2O locked in polar regions
Lakes and riversexamples of run off
Mudslides/Landslidesresults of saturation
Wellshow we get groundwater
percolationwater traveling through dirt and sand

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