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Science vobcab
3.1
Question | Answer |
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Evaporation | Process whereby the heat of the sun changes water on the Earth's surface from liquid to gas. |
Condensation | Return of water vapor to a liquid state by cooling |
Precipitation | liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to Earth |
Transpiration | release of water vapor from plants leaves into the air |
Runoff | precipitation that runs off the ground |
Source | place where a stream or river begins |
Mouth | place where a stream or river ends by flowing into another body of water |
Velocity | distance water flows, during some period of time |
Bed load | sediment carried along the bottom of the channel of the stream or river |
Tributaries | feeder streams |
Topography | physical characteristics of the land |
Gradient | slope of of a river or channel |
Groundwater | water from rain and melting snow that seeps into the ground and is stored beneath the Earth's surface |