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Science Chapter 10 w

water cycle

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produces water vapor from bodies of water evaporation
forms clouds from water vapor condensation
results in water falling to the Earth's surface precipitation
97 % of the Earth's water is ocean water
3% of Earth's water is fresh water
the gaseous form of water is called water vapor
About three quarters of Earth's fresh water is in ice masses
Less that one percent of all the water on Earth is fresh water that people can use
Some of Earth's freshwater is underground
All of the Earth's oceans are connected
The Atlantic Ocean is deeper than the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is next to the Artic Ocean
Icebergs are formed from frozen salt water
water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called infiltration
containing holes that allow water to pass through permeable
area that is totally filled with water saturated zone
does not let water pass through impermeable
layer above the water table unsaturated zone
water table top of the saturated zone
a land area that supplies water t oa river system watershed
a specific source of pollution point source
using a resource wisely conservation
a land area covered with water during all or part of the year wetland
process by which water moves between Earth's surface and the atmosphere water cycle
a stream that flows into a main river tributary
water shortage due to long periods of low precipitation drought
a hot spring from which water periodically erupts geyser
substance that causes water pollution pollutants
an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water aquifer
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