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also called the _______________ cycle.
hydrologic
process by which water changes from a ________ to a
_____________.
1. liquid 2. gas
atmosphere-_____________ __________ used to move water around the globe involves __________ and ____________.
1. super highway 2. condensation 3. precipitation
ice caps and glaciers provides runoff from __________ water moved by _____________ makes its way into places that collect water- rivers, __________, ____________ oceans.
1. melting 2. gravity 3. lakes 4. ponds
process by which water _____________ between the earth's oceans,_________________ and land.
primary pathway that water moves from the________
state back into the water cycle as water ___________.
heat ____________ from the sun is neccacery for __________ to occur.
1. liquid 2. vapor 3. energy 4. evaporation.
condensation- process in which water __________ in the air is changed into ______________ water. loss of _____________ allows water molecules to bond forms ________________ and _______________
1. vapor 2. liquid 3. energy 4. clouds 5. fog
the downward movement of water from the land surface into ____________ or _______ rock.
1. soil 2.parous
involves water storage,_____________,_________, (___________), condensation, ___________, runoff
1. evaporation 2.Transpiration (3) evapotranspiration
4. precipitation
energy breaks bonds that hold water __________ together. Molecules move _________ at a boiling point ________ f/__________c ________ at freezing point _____f/ ________c.
1. molecules 2. fast 3. 212oF/100oC 4. slow 5. 32oF/0oC
water released from clouds in the form of rain, _________ rain,__________,______________, and ______________________.provides the _________ system of atmospheric water to earth.
1. freezing 2. sleet 3. snow 4. hail 5. delivery
____________-large amounts of water stored in the ground. _______________- another name for groundwater usually describes water __________ formations
1. groundwater 2. aquifer 3. bearing
oceans-____________ ____________ for the water cycle-holds ___________% of earths water
1. super storage 2. 96.5
_____________-the process of snow and ice changing into ___________
1. sublimation 2. water vapor
ice,snow, groundwater water locked up in its present state for a relatively _____________ period of time involves ___________ and _________________
1. long 2. runoff 3. infiltration
the area of land where all the water that falls in it and drains off of it goes into the same _________.
1. place
primary pathway into the _________ ___________ oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers provide nearly ____% of the moisture in our atmosphere through ________
1. water cycle 2. 90 3. evaporation
water vapor-without first _________ into water ______________- water lost to the atmosphere from the ground surface and ___________ of ground water by plant through their leaves.
1.melting 2. evapotranspiration 3. transpiration
precipitation that did not get ______________ into soil or ___________.
1. absorbed 2. evaporate
can be as small as a ____________ or as large as all the land that drains water into the ___________ river.
1. footprint 2. Mississippi