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water
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Fresh water | the water that is not salty and has no smell or flavor |
| salt water | the water that contains desolved salts or minrels |
| water cycle | the continous movement of water through the enviorment |
| evaporation | is when water vapor rises up to become clouds |
| condensaton | is when the water in the atmosphere becomes a liquid |
| precipatation | is when water falls from the atmosphere |
| divide | is a ridge that seperates the deriection of the way the water flows |
| drainage basin | or watershed is an aera in witch falls |
| turnover | it occourrs twice a year when it is the change of seasons |
| ecotrophication | is a increase in nutrients in a lake or pond |
| ice burg | it is an mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| Permiable surface | a substance that liquids can pass through |
| impermable surface | a substance that liquids can't pass through |
| ground water | water held under ground |
| water table | the region filled with water |
| aquifer | is a under ground layer of permable rock or sediment that is filled with water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground |
| artesin well | a well in which water flows to the surface naturally |