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science chap. 11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fresh water | water with little or no taste, color, or smell |
| salt water | water that contains dissolve salt and other minerals |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of earth's water through the environment |
| evaporation | the process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas |
| condensation | the process in which water vapor in the atmosphere becomes a liquid |
| precipitation | water that falls from the clouds |
| divide | a ridge or line of highland, from which water flows to either one side or the other |
| drainage baisin | an area of from which all the water on one side of the flows |
| turnover | the rising and sinking of warm and cold water layers |
| eutrophication | an increase of nutrients in a pond |
| iceberg | a mass of ice floating in an ocean |
| groundwater | water held under ground |
| permeable | a substance that a liquid can flow through |
| impermeable | a substance that liquids can't flow through |
| water table | top of the region that is saturated, it's completely filled with water |
| aquifer | an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground where it dips below the water table |
| artesian well | a well i which water flows to the surfave natraully because it's under pressure |
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