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CAES Unit 6 Vocab

Water on Earth Vocab

TermDefinition
abiotic nonliving
aquifer body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow
biotic living
channel path that a stream follows
community group of different populations living in the same place and interacting with each other
convection current movement of water that results from density differences
Coriolis effect deflection of moving objects from a straight path due to Earth's rotation
divide area of high ground that separates watersheds from one another
ecology interactions between organisms and their environment
ecosystem areas made up of organisms in a community and all the nonliving (abiotic) things that the community interacts with
environment everything that surrounds an organism
erosion the wearing away of the land by running water, waves, wind, or ice
estuary flood mouth of rivers where they flow into an ocean
flood plain wide, flat, border areas along rivers and streams
ocean currents the ocean contains streamlike movements of water
polarity anything that has a positive charge at one end and negative charge at the other end
river systems made up of tributaries of smaller streams that join along their courses
sediment any material that settles to the bottom of a lake, river, or ocean
surface currents ocean currents that occur at or near the surface of the ocean, caused by wind
thermal energy energy related to the temperature of a substance; the total amount of kinetic energy of all the particles in the substance
topographic maps large-scale maps showing relief and man-made features of a portion of a land surface
tributaries small streams that flow into larger streams
turbidity measurement of the total amount of suspended solids
universal solvent term for water because it dissolves a large number of substances
watershed landforms that water flows across or through on its way to a stream, lake, or wetlands; land area that drains a particular set of streams and rivers
wetland transition zones between dry land and bodies or water; bogs, marshes, and swamps are types of wetlands
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