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What is evaporation?
When a liquid changes into a gas
What is sublimation?
When a solid changes into a gas
What is temperature?
the internal or external heat of a person's body, or the heat of the air
What is human impact?
What is condensation?
When a gas changes into a liquid
What is deposition?
When a gas turns into a solid
What is gravitational energy?
the amount of energy an object possesses because of its position in a gravitational field
What is the hydrosphere?
all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
What is Transpiration?
The evaporation of water from leaves
What is Precipitation?
When the water in the atmosphere gets too heavy and falls as rain, sleet, snow, or hail
What is infiltration?
the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
What is the geosphere?
any of the almost spherical concentric regions of matter that make up the earth and its atmosphere, as the lithosphere and hydrosphere
What is freezing?
When a liquid changes into a solid
What is run off?
The draining away of water
What is absorption?
The process or action by which one thing absorbs or is absorbed by another
What is the atmosphere?
the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet
What is Melting?
When a solid changes into a liquid
What is thermal energy?
The energy contained within a system that is responsible for temperature
What is excretion?
the process of eliminating or expelling waste matter
What is the biosphere?
the regions of the surface, atmosphere, and hydrosphere of the earth occupied by living organisms