Hydrosphere

Aquifer

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Water stored in rock and soil underground

Long-term changes in temperatures and weather patterns.

The phase of the water cycle when water vapor cools down and turns into water droplets.

The phase of the water cycle when liquid water is heated by the sun and turns into vapor.

The movement, or soaking, of water from the surface into and underneath the ground.

Precipitation that doesn't reach the ground because leaves, buildings and other objects get in the way.

The movement of water through the soil.

The phase of the water cycle in which water falls, in a liquid (rain) or solid (snow, sleet) state, from the earth's atmosphere to the earth.

The phase of the water cycle in which plants and trees respond to heat from the sun by releasing liquid water into the air.

Urban Water Cycle

The process by which humans extract, process, distribute and consume water.