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    Water exists in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas. The hydrologic cycle describes the process by which water is evaporated from bodies of water into vapor, condenses into clouds, and falls back to earth as precipitation in forms such as rain, snow, hail or sleet. Several factors can cause humid air to cool and produce precipitation, including mountains, the meeting of warm and cold air masses, and the rising of warm air over hot surfaces.

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    Water exists in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas. The hydrologic cycle describes the process by which water is evaporated from bodies of water into vapor, condenses into clouds, and falls back to earth as precipitation in forms such as rain, snow, hail or sleet. Several factors can cause humid air to cool and produce precipitation, including mountains, the meeting of warm and cold air masses, and the rising of warm air over hot surfaces.

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    Water in Motion

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    Water exists in three forms: solid, liquid, and gas. The hydrologic cycle describes the process by which water is evaporated from bodies of water into vapor, condenses into clouds, and falls back to earth as precipitation in forms such as rain, snow, hail or sleet. Several factors can cause humid air to cool and produce precipitation, including mountains, the meeting of warm and cold air masses, and the rising of warm air over hot surfaces.

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    Geography Notes

    Water in Motion

    3 forms of water
    Solid
    Liquid
    Gas
    Evaporation
    When liquid water absorbs enough thermal energy, it changes to water vapor
    Condensation
    When water vapor loses thermal energy, it changes back to a liquid, suspended in clouds as
    water droplets
    Humidity
    Warm air holds a lot of water vapor
    Dew Point
    The point at which water begins condensation
    Precipitation
    When the temperature drops, the water vapor loses it energy, condensation occurs, and falls to
    the earth
    Types of Precipitation
    -water
    -snow
    - hail
    -sleet
    Hydrologic Cycle
    The process of evaporation, condensation, precipitation that is used to replenish the soil, lakes,
    and rivers with water
    Ground Water
    Slow-moving river under the ground
    Three situations cause a humid air mass to cool and produce precipitation
    1. Presence of mountains (orographic)
    2. Meeting of cold and warm air masses
    -Front: the line at which two air masses meet
    3. Rise of warm air over a hot surface (convection)

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