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8th Science Water Cy
8th Science Water Cycle
Term | Definition |
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aquifer | underground layer of porous rock or sand that contains water |
condensation | change from gas to liquid |
evaporation | change from liquid to gas below boiling point |
freezing | change from liquid to soild |
glacier | large slowly moving body of ice and snow |
melting | change from solid to liquid |
phase change | change from one state of matter to another |
precipitation | water that falls to the Earth's suface |
reservoir | body of water used to store water for human use |
run off | water that moves across surface of land into streams or rivers |
transpiration | release of water from the leaves of plants |
water cycle | continious movement of water |
bacterial pollution | presence of harmful bacteria in the water supply |
nutrient pollution | presence of excessive nutrients in the water supply |
sediment pollution | excess sediment such as silt or clay |
toxic pollution | presence of toxic substances in the water supply |
water pollution | introduction of harmful substances to the water supply |
fresh water | water with no salt content |
salt water | water that contains salt and other minerals |
divide | a ridge from which water flows in different directions |
drainage basin | area into which all water from one side of the divide flows |
turnover | rising and sinking of cold and warm layers in a lake |
eutrophication | increase in nutrients in lake or pond |
iceberg | mass of ice floating in the ocean |
ground water | water held underground |
permeable | substance liquids can flow though |
impermeable | substance liquids can not flow through |
water table | top of the region that is saturated |
spring | flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface is below the water table |
artesian well | a well where water flows naturally because it is under pressure |