Water cycle
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Water Cycle | The movement of water through Earth's spheres. |
| evaporation | Heat energy from the sun changes water from a liquid to a gas. The water vapor travels from a body of water on the surface of the Earth to the atmosphere. |
| transpiration | Groundwater travels up the roots and stem of the plant and out tiny holes in the leaves. |
| condensation | This part of the water cycle creates clouds. Cool temperatures cause water vapor (gas) to change into liquid droplets. |
| Precipitation | Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet. |
| Runoff | When rain flows along the surface of the Earth into large bodies of water. |
| Infiltration | The point where water hits the soil. |
| Collection | Places where water on earth is stored. These locations include the surface of Earth, in the ground and in the atmosphere. |
| Percolation | The movement of water through the layers of soil. |
| How does water travel from a plant to a cloud? | Transpiration. |
| During what process is water vapor transferred from an animal to a cloud? | Cellular respiration |
| Heat is absorbed during this phase of the water cycle. | Evaporation |
| Heat is released during this phase of the water cycle. | Condensation |
| ground water | the water beneath the surface of the ground...source of water for wells & springs |
| water table | The surface under the ground below which is saturated with water |
| Discharge | Water (in sediments, etc.) that are emptying from one moving source (stream or river) into another moving or still source (river or lake) |
| Aquifer | any geological formation containing or conducting ground water, esp. one that supplies the water for wells, springs, etc |
| Evapotranspiration | The sum of evaporation & transpiration |
| Permeability | the capability of a porous rock or sediment to permit the flow of fluids through its pore spaces. |
| Impermeable | Does not allow the passage of a fluid |
| coalescence | the formation of a large droplet by the combination of smaller droplets |
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