Water Cycle Vocab

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Absorption

Back 1

Removal of water from the soil by roots

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Condensation

Back 2

Water changes from gas to liquid in the absence of heat.

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Consumption

Back 3

The using up of a resource

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Evaporation

Back 4

Water changes from liquid to gas in the presence of heat less than that of the boiling point

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Boiling

Back 5

The addition of heat to water that causes it to expand and the temperature to rise, until it reaches its boiling point. When more heat is added the liquid starts to vaporize

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Excretion

Back 6

The process of elimination or expelling waste matter

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Glaciation

Back 7

Liquid water from Earth's surface freezes into large ice masses called glaciers. This occurs in the absence of heat.

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Infiltration

Back 8

Absorption of water by the soil

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Precipitation

Back 9

Condensed water gathers and falls from the sky in the absence of heat.

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Run-off

Back 10

Liquid water from precipitation moves over plants, animals, and trees to larger water sources. This occurs due to gravity

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Subliation

Back 11

The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase without passing through the intermediate liquid phase. An example of this is solid carbon dioxide "dry ice", which sublimates at room temperature.

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Transpiration

Back 12

Liquid water evaporates to a gas in the presence of heat in plants.

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Vaporization

Back 13

When molecules change from a solid or liquid to a gas. This occurs in the presence of heat

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Accumulation

Back 14

Process in which water pools in large bodies.