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11 Cards in this Set
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hydrologic or water cycle |
process of water circulating between and among oceans, air, land, and all living things |
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transpiration |
process of plants losing water vapor through their leaves |
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precipitation types (3) |
rain, hail, snow |
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runoff |
water that moves across the surface of land and enters bodies of freshwater |
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percolation |
process of movement and filtering of rainwater into several layers of soil |
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aquifer |
porous underground layer: groundwater stored for long periods of time |
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aquifer (3 types) |
unconfined, semiconfined, confined |
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unconfined aquifer |
near the surface; collects rainwater |
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water table |
upper layer of surface; soil/rocks are permanently soaked with water |
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confined aquifer |
bound by impermeable top and bottom layers of rocks |
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recharge zone |
area very far from confined aquifer; no impermeable layer |
