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  • Amount of water vapor in the air.
    Humidity
  • Condensed droplets of water floating in the atmosphere.
    Cloud
  • Chain of deep freshwater lakes that contain about 20 percent of the earths freshwater
    The Great Lakes
  • Aquifer
    Stores water beneath the earth's surface.
  • Water vapor turns into liquid
    Condensation
  • Body of water surrounded by land.
    Lake
  • The degree of compactness of a substance.
    Density
  • Water that contains a very low concentration of salt
    Freshwater
  • Movement of water through the soil
    Percolation
  • Frozen river that flows downhill.
    Glacier
  • Water returns to the earth from the atomosphere.
    Precipitation
  • Water evaporates from the trees and plants back into the atmosphere.
    Transpiration
  • Large natural stream of flowing water
    River
  • Precipitation that has soaked through the soil
    Groundwater
  • Water in the form of gas.
    Water Vaport
  • Circulation of water between the earths surface and atmosphere
    The Water Cycle
  • Water that does not soak into the ground.
    Runoff
  • Water is turned into gas.
    Evaporation