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water
fresh water, salt water
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fresh water | water that is not salty and has little, or no taste, color, or smell |
| salt water | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water through the environment of the earth |
| evaporation | the process in which water changes from liqued to vapor |
| condensation | the procedure in which water vapor in the atmosphere becomes a liquid |
| precipitation | water that falls from a cloud |
| divide | a ridge or continuous line of high land |
| drainage basin | an area into which all of one of a divide flow |
| turnover | water in a lake that is not still |
| eurtophication | an increase of nutrients in a lake or pond |
| ice burg | a mass of ice floating through the ocean |
| groundwater | water held underground |
| permeable | a substance that liquids can flow through |
| impermeable | a substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| water table | the top of the region that is saturated, or completely filled with water |
| aquifer | an under ground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground or a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table |
| artesian well | a well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure |