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13 Cards in this Set
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bacteria
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tiny, one-celled organisms that thrive in moisture
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water
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the main ingredient of life
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fresh water
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water with low salt content
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limestone
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a kind of porous rock
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divide
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high land separating one drainage basin from another
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84% of water in the acmosphere comes from...
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the oceans
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16% of water in the atmosphere comes from...
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the land
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hydrosphere
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a zone that consists of all the water found in the ocean, the land, and the atmosphere
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evaporation
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the transferring of molecules from a liquid state to a vapor state
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water vapor
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gaseous water in the atmosphere
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condensation
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the process by which cooling water vapor leaves te air and forms tiny droplets of water
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precipitation
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any form of water that falls from the clouds to the earth
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water cycle
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the movement of water from the sea into the air and then back to the sea
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