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27 Cards in this Set
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Continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
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WATER CYCLE
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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
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PRECIPITATION
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil.
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GROUNDWATER
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A stream or smaller river that feeds into a main river.
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TRIBUTARY
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The land area that supplies water to a river system
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WATERSHED
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The place where an organism lives and where it obtains all the things it needs to survive.
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HABITAT
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A lake that stores water for human use.
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RESERVOIR
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A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.
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WETLAND
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Charactertisitic of a material that is full of tiny, connected air spaces that water can seep through.
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PERMEABLE
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A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.
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SATURATED ZONE
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The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface.
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WATER TABLE
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What 3 major steps make up the water cycle?
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- Evaporation
- Condensation - Precipition |
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What are the Earht's 4 major sources of water?
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- Oceans
- Ice - Rivers & Lakes - Groundwater |
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Which of the 4 soureces of water contain salt water?
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Oceans
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Which of the 4 sources of water contain fresh water?
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Ice
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Can form as groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rocks
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SPRING
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Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called?
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AQUIFER
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A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer.
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ARTESIAN WELL
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A type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts.
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GREYSER
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Is the process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
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IRRIGATION
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Is the practice of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up.
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CONVERSATION
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Substance that causes water pollution is called
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POLLUTANT
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Is a measruement of the substances in water besides water molecules.
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WATER QUALITY
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Is the process of passing water through a series of screens that allows the water through, but no larger solid particles
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FILTRATION
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Which fresh water source is most important to people?
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Groundwater and water located underground
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What bodies of water make up a river system?
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A river and all its tributarties
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How is a watershed related to a river system?
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When rivers joinanother river system, the area s they drain become part of the largest river's watershed.
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