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25 Cards in this Set
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Water Vapor
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The gaseous form of water.
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Groundwater
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock.
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Water Cycle
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Continuous process by which water moves through the living and nonliving parts of the environment.
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Evaporation
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Process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state.
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Transpiration
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Water is given off through the leaves as water vapor.
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Precipitation
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Water that falls to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
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Irrigation
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Process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops.
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Photosynthesis
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Process by which plants use water plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun to make food.
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Habitat
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The place where an organism lives and that provides the things that it needs to survive.
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Tributary
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The smaller streams and rivers that feed into a main river.
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Watershed
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The land area that supplies water to a river system.
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Divide
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A ridge of land that seperates one drainage basin or watershed from another.
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Levee
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A long ridge formed by deposites of sediments alongside a river channel.
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Reservoir
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A naturl or artificial lake that stores water for human use.
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Eutrophication
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The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae.
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Pore
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A tiny opening in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water.
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Permeable
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Allow water to pass through it easily.
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Impermeable
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Does not allow water to pass through it easily.
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Saturated Zone
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A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are completely filled with water.
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Water Table
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The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater in an aquifer.
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Unsaturated Zone
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A layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.
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Aquifer
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An underground layer of rock or soil that holds water.
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Spring
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A place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rocks.
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Recharge
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New water that enters an aquifer from the surface.
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Artesian Well
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A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer.
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