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Science Vocabulary
C Team Vocabulary Science
Term | Definition |
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Natural Reasource | Materials found in the earth that people need |
Watershed | Land that drains water into a particular body of water |
Mouth | The place where a stream or river flows into a larger body of water |
Source | Upper parts of a river or where a stream or river begins. Also called headwaters |
Tributary | Small stream that flows into a larger stream or river |
Topographic Map | Type of map that shows the shape of earth's surface |
Countour Line | Line on topographic map that shows equal elevations |
Countour Interval | Change in elevation between lines |
Decidous | Trees that drop leaves in the fall |
Algae | Aquatic once-cell or multi-cell plant |
Resourvoir | Articial lake used to store water |
Esutary | Area where salt water and fresh water mix |
Habitat | A place where animals can find and shelter |
Sediment | Soil and bits of rocks that is carried from trhe land to the water |