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What is hydroshere?
The Earth's system that includes all the water on the planet.
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What is condensation?
The process by which a substance in its gaseous phase loses energy, and enters its liquid phase.
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What is 70%?
The Earth is covered in this percentage of water.
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What is the ocean?
Most water on Earth is found here.
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What is a reservoir?
A protected artificial or natural lake that is used to store water.
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What is transpiration?
The process by which plants lose water through tiny pores on their leaves.
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What is 2%?
This is how much (in %) water is frozen at the North and South Poles and on mountain tops.
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What is in glaciers found near the poles?
The majority of Earth's fresh water is located here.
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What is ground water?
Water that collects under ground.
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What is evaporation?
The process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gaseous phase.
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What is 60-75%?
The human body is composed of this percentage of water.
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What is the sun?
The main source of energy that drives the water cycle.
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What is surface runoff?
Water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers and oceans.
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What is precipitation?
Condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
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What is liquid?
Most of Earth's water is in this form?
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What is water vapor must get cooler and lose heat energy?
This must occur before clouds can form.
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What is aquifer?
An underground area of sediment and rocks that is filled with ground water.
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What is the water cycle?
A set of processes energized by the Sun that keep water moving from place to place on Earth.
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What is recycled?
The water cycle allows our limited supply of fresh water to be ___________.
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What is a glacier?
A huge mass of ice that forms when snow and ice accumulates.
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