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ecology
3.1
Term | Definition |
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evaporation | process whereby the heat changes of the sun changes water on earths surface from a liquid to a gas |
condensation | return of water vapor to a liquid state by cooling |
precipitation | liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to earth |
transpiration | realease of water vapr from plants leaves into to air q |
runoff | precipitation that runs off the ground |
groundwater | water from rain and melting snow that seeps into the ground and is stored beneath earths surface |
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 such as meters per second or feet per second |
bed load | sediment carried along the bottom of the channel of a stream or river |
tributaries | feeder streams |
topography | physical characteristics of land |
. gradient | slope of a river channel |