Definitions...

​Water Cycle

The ​cycle (circular movement) water goes through as it moves through various stages and process...

Moisture turns to gas, ​happens because water molecules are seperating.

​Evaporation

Processes in the Water Cycle

Condensation

Precipitation ​

​Gas atoms join together to make moisture (clouds, fog, moisture on your windshield)

​The process of different pahses of water falling in the atmosphere

Discuss: What are the various forms of precipitation and their phase of matter (solid, liquid)

Process of water being ​absorbed into the soil and then stored in the geosphere

​Percolation

Processes in the Water Cycle

Transpiration

Process of plants releasing moisture from their leaves into the air

Water that travel from a ​higher region to a lower region by the force of gravity.

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Runoff

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A large underground layer of water ​stored between layers of rock.

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Aquifer

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