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Water and Air Vocab
By Grant Kolde
Term | Definition |
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Aquifer | An underground layer of permeable rock that contains water. |
Atmosphere | The outer layer of gases of a large body in space. |
Biosphere | All living organisms on earth, in the air, land, and water. |
Cryosphere | The frozen layer of Earth's surface. |
Condensation | Process of water vapor cooling and changing into liquid water. |
Conduction | 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 the motion of heated gas or liquid in Earth's mantle. |
Down-welling/up-welling | When water moves to different levels of depth due to surface currents. |
Evaporation | Process by which liquid water turns to gas. (water vapor) |
Global wind | wind belt that circles the Earth. |
Ground water | The water beneath the surface of the ground. (consisting mainly of surface water that has seeped down) |
Hydrosphere | The water on or surrounding Earth's surface. (includes the water of the oceans and in the atmosphere) |
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 to pass through the substance. |
Pollution | The presence of a harmful or poisonous substance in the environment. |
Precipitation | Process by which water, in any form, falls from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface. |
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. (collects in the same place) |
Water Table | Underground surface of soil or rock that is saturated with water. |