The process by which water changes from a liquid to gas and energy is gained.

The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves.

The process by which water changes from a gas to a liquid and energy is lost.

Forms of water such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth's surface.

Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in the ground.

Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

The ability of rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores.

Describes something that does not allow water to pass through.

Tiny openings in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water.

Any underground layer of rock that holds water.

Top of the saturated zone(tells you how deep to dig in order to reach water).

Area totally filled with water(this is where groundwater is found).

The area of land that is drained by a river system.

A long period when rainfall is less than average.

Is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to reduce our demand for water.

A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.

The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation.

A tide of increased range that occurs two times a month, at the new and full moons.

A tide of minimum range that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon.

The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.

The vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough.

The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a point in certain time.

The gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the continental slope.

The steeply inclined section of the continental. Margin located between the continental rise and the continental shelf.

A large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin.

A submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1,000m high and that has a volcanic origin.

Seamounts that come above the ocean surface.

A deep canyon in the ocean floor.

The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.

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Hydrology

Term	Definition
Evaporation	The process by which water changes from a liquid to gas and energy is gained.
Transpiration	The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves.
Condensation	The process by which water changes from a gas to a liquid and energy is lost.
Precipitation	Forms of water such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth's surface.
Run Off	Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in the ground.
Groundwater	Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.
Permeable	The ability of rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores.
Impermeable	Describes something that does not allow water to pass through.
Pores	Tiny openings in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water.
Aquifer	Any underground layer of rock that holds water.
Water Table	Top of the saturated zone(tells you how deep to dig in order to reach water).
Saturated Zone	Area totally filled with water(this is where groundwater is found).
Watershed	The area of land that is drained by a river system.
Drought	A long period when rainfall is less than average.
Water Conservation	Is the most cost-effective and environmentally sound way to reduce our demand for water.
Salinity	A measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount of liquid.
Coriolis Effect	The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to the Earth's rotation.
Spring Tide	A tide of increased range that occurs two times a month, at the new and full moons.
Neap Tide	A tide of minimum range that occurs during the first and third quarters of the moon.
Crest	The highest point of a wave.
Trough	The lowest point of a wave.
Wavelength	The distance from any point on a wave to an identical point on the next wave.
Wave height	The vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough.
Wave frequency	The frequency of a wave is the number of waves passing a point in certain time.
Continental Shelf	The gently sloping section of the continental margin located between the shoreline and the continental slope.
Continental Slope	The steeply inclined section of the continental. Margin located between the continental rise and the continental shelf.
Abyssal Plain	A large, flat, almost level area of the deep-ocean basin.
Seamount	A submerged mountain on the ocean floor that is at least 1,000m high and that has a volcanic origin.
Volcanic Island	Seamounts that come above the ocean surface.
Trench	A deep canyon in the ocean floor.
Mid-Ocean Ridge	The undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary.

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