The Water Cycle

Condensation

• the act or process of reducing a gas or vapor to a liquid or solid form.

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Evaporation

• When water turns into gas.

Precipitation

• Falling products from the atmosphere such as rain, snow, and hail.

Snow

• Clouds that produce frozen rain drops.

Rain

• Water that comes from clouds.

Hail

• Frozen rain that drops from the sky.

Surface runoff

• Liquid that runs across the land.

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Transpiration

• When water goes through roots of plants.

Accumulation

• When storms form over seas.