The Water Cycle

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The Water Cycle
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• http//www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_wate
  rcycle.html

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Hydrosphere

• All the water on the Earths surface

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Evaporation is a physical change of state in
which a liquid is transformed into a vapor or gas
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Condensation is the process in which water vapor
changes to a liquid

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Precipitation is the water from the atmosphere
that falls to the ground as rain, sleet, snow, or
hail
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Runoff is fresh water from precipitation and
melting ice that flows on the ground surface into
nearby streams, lakes, wetlands, and reservoirs
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Groundwater is water that infiltrates into the
soil and is stored in slowly renewed underground
reservoirs called aquifers
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Transpiration is the process by which water
evaporates from plant tissues
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Solar energy is heat from the sun that can be
used to perform work