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Unit 7 Vocab_

Earth Science

QuestionAnswer
parallelism the earths axis at any place in its orbit is parallel to the axis in any other place in earths orbit
water cycle earth system in which water is continually moving from the atmosphere to the earth and from the earth to the atmosphere
ground water water that is found under the earths surface as the result of infiltration and storage
runoff water that doesn't infiltrate the soil storage area and flows over the land surface to lakes, streams, and oceans
porosity percent of open space in a volume of a certain material
inclination center of the earth between the north and south poles, about which the earth rotates
permeability rate at which moisture passes through a material
zone of aeration portion of ground water through which water passes until the water reaches the zone of saturation
zone of saturation portion of ground with an upper boundary called the water table
water table top of zone of saturation within the ground surface of the earth
capillarity upward movement of water against the force of gravity in a narrow space (such as a tube, plant vessel, or fine sand particles)
watershed land from which water drains into a stream
drainage basin area drained by a river system
stream discharge measurement of amount of water passing a certain point in a stream in a certain amount of time
stream bed interface of the water and bottom of a stream, including the rock particles and bottom material
surplus water surface water that neither evaporates nor infiltrates, but is runoff
base flow water moving from the local water table into streams
earth revolution orbiting of the earth around the sun
earth rotation the spinning of the earth around its axis
solar electromagnetic spectrum full range of wavelengths emitted from the sun with the maximum intensity occurring in the visible region
insolation incoming solar radiation; suns energy that transmits through earths atmosphere
angle of insolation angle that the rays of the sun hit the surface of the earth
inclination
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