Chapter 12 Water Cycle

Front 1

water vapor
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Back 1

invisible water
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Front 2

groundwater
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Back 2

water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
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Front 3

water cycle
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Back 3

the continuous process where water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment
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Front 4

evaporation
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Back 4

the process where water is changed to a gaseous state
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Front 5

transpiration
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Back 5

where water is given off through the leaves as water vapor
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Front 6

precipitation
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Back 6

water that falls to Earth in the form of rain, snow, hail, or sleet
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Front 7

irrigation
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Back 7

the process of supplying water to areas of the land to make them suitable for growing crops
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Front 8

tributaries
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Back 8

the smaller streams and rivers that feed into a main river
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Front 9

watershed
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Back 9

the land area that supplies water to a river system
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Front 10

divide
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Back 10

where a watershed is separated from another by a ridge of land
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Front 11

levees
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Back 11

where deposits of soil build up into long ridges that help to keep the river inside its riverbank
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Front 12

pores
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Back 12

different sized spaces between particles
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Front 13

permeable
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Back 13

materials that allow water to easily pass through, or permeate
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Front 14

impermeable
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Back 14

materials that can't allow water to pass through easily
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Front 15

saturated zone
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Back 15

the area of permeable rock or soil that that is totally filled or saturated with water
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