Water on Earth | Precipitation | General knowledge |
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Troposphere
It always contain about the same amount of water.
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precipitation
Water that falls from the air
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types of water bodies
Lakes, rivers, sea, ocean
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Run-off
Water that runs off the surface of the ground and into rivers, lakes and sea.
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condensation
changing from vapour to liquid
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humidity
Amount of water vapours in the air
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hydrological cycle
It is another name for water cycle
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hailstone
When a water drop is sucked up into a storm cloud
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a reservoir
provides water for homes or industries
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transpiration
The water evaporates from leaves through this process
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snowflake
When water vapour freezes around a grain of dust
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fog
Thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere
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groundwater
It can fill underground reservoirs
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freezing rain
Raindrops that passes through colder air on the way down
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spring water
It is a component of the hydrosphere in which water flows from an aquifer to the Earth's surface
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