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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 Cycle - 3M Aqua-www.aquapure.com 

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

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

Transpiration: water vapor from plants going into the atmosphere

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

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

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

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

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

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

to a lower elevation

Sandusky River Watershed Coalitionwww.sanduskyriver.org 

Hydroelectricity: power produced by water