- PRECIPITATION: Condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth. Examples: rain, snow, sleet, hail.
- CONDENSATION: The process of a gas changing into a liquid due to a decrease in temperature or pressure.
- SUBLIMATION: The process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without first melting into liquid water.
- SURFACE RUN-OFF: Water that reaches Earth’s surface, flows over land, and reaches lakes, rivers, and oceans.
- EVAPORATION: The process of a liquid changing into a gas due to an increase in temperature or wind.
- TRANSPIRATION: Plants absorb water through their roots and then give off water vapor through their leaves.
- INFILTRATION: Water soaks into the ground from the ground level and moves into soil through cracks and pores.
- ACCUMULATION: Water collects in rivers, oceans and other bodies of water or as ice caps and glaciers.
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