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15 Cards in this Set
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Hydrosphere |
All the water on the earth surface. |
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Groundwater |
Water that is found underground. |
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Aquifer |
Underground layer of permeable, what are bearing rock or gravel/sand or silt from which groundwater Can be extracted from the well. |
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Water cycle |
The Journey water takes as it circulates from land to sky and back again. |
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Evaporation |
The process by which water changes from a liquid to a gas/vapor, moving water back into the hydraulic cycle. |
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Transpiration |
The process by which plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through the pores in their leaves. |
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Water vapor |
The gas phase of water-dispersion an air of water molecules NOT caused by boiling. |
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Condensation |
The process by which water vapor is changed until liquid water. |
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Precipitation |
The water that is released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow or hail. It is caused by the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls under gravity. |
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Run-off |
The flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources, flow are the earth surface. |
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Reservoir |
And natural or artificial place where water is stored for use. |
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Saltwater |
Water that contains salt, Saline,such as ocean water. |
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Freshwater |
Naturally occurring water on earth surface and I sheet, glaciers, ice caps, iceberg, bogs, ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, and underground water. |
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Surface water |
Natural water that has not penetrated much below the surface of the ground such as in rivers, oceans,lakes,wetland s,and streams and can become contaminated by run off. |
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Infiltration |
The process by which rain water soaks into the ground, through the soil and underlying layers of rock. |
