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Water Cycle Key Vocabulary – How will I remember? Term Evaporation Definition Condensation The process through which water changes from a gas to a liquid. Precipitation Water that falls from clouds as rain, snow, sleet or hail. Clouds Groups of tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the sky. Clouds formation When cooling air causes the water vapor to condense and form liquid water droplets or ice crystals. Surface Run-off Water that flows over the land and into a body of water. The process through which water changes from a liquid to a gas. Illustration What else? Infiltration When water on the surface “soaks” into the soil and goes underground. Ground Water Water that exists underground, below the soil. Transpiration The evaporation of water through plants leaves. Solar Energy Energy that radiates from the Sun; it “powers” the water cycle Absorption When matter “captures” something Water Vapor The gaseous form of water.