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Evaporation: The process by which molecules of liquid water escape into the air after becoming water
vapor.
Transpiration: The process of water exiting the leaves of plants as water vapor.
Plant Uptake: The process of groundwater being taken up by the roots of plants.
Capillary action: When a plant takes up water from the ground and distributes the water to the
rest of the plant.
Condensation: The process by which water vapor becomes liquid water.
Dew Point: Temperature at which water vapor condenses
Crystallization: The process by which liquid water freezes to become ice or snow.
Precipitation: Water that falls as rain, snow, sleet, or hail from the atmosphere to the ground.
Melting Snow: The process by which snow melts to become liquid water.
Surface Runoff: The downhill flow of water on land into places that water collects (puddle, lake or
river).
Seepage: The process of water from rainfall or from lakes, rivers, and ponds soaking into the ground.
Streamflow: The flow of water in a stream or river.