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Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

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Page 1: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

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Water Vocabulary

Page 3: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Precipitation: how water falls to the ground (rain, sleet, snow, hail)

Rgee's 6th grade stuff: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation ...rgeegallega.blogspot.com

Page 4: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Transpiration: water vapor from plants going into the atmosphere

How Drought Tolerant Plants Adapt - Mojave Desert News : Opinion ...www.desertnews.com 

Page 5: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Groundwater: water that fills the tiny cracks and holes in the rock layers below the surface of the

earth.

Ground Water and the Rural Homeownerpubs.usgs.gov

Page 6: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Aquifer: an underground layer of rocks, sand and gravel containing freshwater

Old Saybrook, CT - Aquifer Protection Agencywww.oldsaybrookct.org

Page 7: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Aqueduct: a man-made pipeline or canal that transports water from one place to another.

Page 8: Water Vocabulary. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological.

Watershed: a region of land that drains water, above or below ground,

to a lower elevation

Sandusky River Watershed Coalitionwww.sanduskyriver.org 

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Hydroelectricity: power produced by water