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Water and Air Vocab
Unite 4 water and Air
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aquifer | An underground layer of pemeable rock that contains water |
| Atmosphere | The outer layer of gases of a large body of space |
| Biosphere | All living organisms on earth,in the air,land, and water |
| Cryosphere | The frozen layer of the earths surface |
| Condensation | Process of water vapor cooling and changing into liquid |
| Cunduction | The transfer of heat energy from one substance to another through direct contact(two objects touching) |
| Convection | The transfer of energy from place to place by motion of heated gas or liquid in Earths mantle |
| Downwelling ing and Upwelling | When water moves to different levels of depth due to the surfaces currents |
| Evaporation | Process by liquid water turns into gas (water vapor) |
| Global wind | Wind belt that cicles earth |
| Ground water | The water beneath the surface of the ground (consisting manily of surface water that has sepped down) |
| Hydrosphere | The water on or surrounding Earths surface ( includes oceans) |
| Impermeable | Water can't pass through the substance |
| Lithosphere | The crust and upper mantle of earth |
| Ocean current | A mass of moving ocean water |
| Permeability | The ability of water pass through porous rock or sediment |
| Pollution | The presence of a hamful or poisonous sustance in the enviroment |
| Precipitation | Process by which water, in any form, falls from the earths atmosphere |
| Radiation | Energy that travels across distances as certain types of waves |
| Runoff | Process of water flowing over the surface of the ground |
| Surface Water | Water that collects on the surface of the ground |
| Transpiration | Process of water evaporating through the leaves of plants |
| Watershed | The area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes. (colects in the same place) |
| Water table | Underground surface of soil or rock that is saturated with water |