Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| gradient | slope of a river channel |
| topography | physical characteristics of the land |
| tributaries | feeder streams |
| bed load | sediment carried along the bottom of the channel of a stream or river |
| velocity | distance water flows within some period of time, such as meters per second or feet per second |
| mouth | a place where a stream or river ends by flowing into another body of water |
| source | a place where a stream or river begins |
| groundwater | water, rain, and melting snow that seeps into the ground and is stored beneath earths surface |
| runoff | precipitation that runs off the ground |
| transpiration | release of water from a plant's leaves into the air |
| precipitation | liquid or solid water that returns to the earth fro the clouds |
| condensation | return of vapor to a liquid state by cooling |
| evaporation | a process where by the heat of the sun changes the water on Earth's surface from a liquid to a gas |
Created by:
22smaglinski.lil
Popular Science sets