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Unit 4 Water
Water in Earth's Processes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fresh water | water that is not salty and has little or no taste, color, or smell |
| Salt water | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water on Earth, through its atmosphere, and in the living things on Earth |
| evaporation | the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor |
| condensation | the process by which water vapor changes in to a liquid |
| precipitation | any type of liquid or solid water that falls from the clouds to Earth's surface |
| divide | a continuous high line of land from which water flows in different directions |
| drainage basin | an area into which all the water on one side of a divide flows |
| turnover | the yearly rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
| iceberg | a mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| eutrophication | an increase in nutrients in a lake or pond |
| groundwater | water that collects and is stored underground |
| permeable | allowing the passage of liquids |
| impermeable | resistant to the passage of liquids |
| water table | the highest part in the ground that is saturated, or completely filled with water |
| aquifer | an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground |
| artesian well | a well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface |
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