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Chapter 11.1-11.3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fresh water | water with no salt, also no taste, smell, or color. |
| salt water | water with salt and other minerals. Humans and most other animals can't drink it and/or live in it. |
| water cycle | The continuous movement of water throughout the earth |
| evaporation | when water changes from liquid to vapor |
| condensation | when water vapor becomes liquid |
| precipitation | water that falls from clouds |
| divide | a ridge or continuous line of high land from which water flows in different directions |
| drainage basin | an area in which all of the water on one side of a divide flows |
| turnover | rising and sinking of warm and cold water in a lake. Also moves around nutrients |
| iceberg | fresh water in the form of ice floating in the ocean |
| eutrophication | an increase of nutrients in a lake or pond. |
| groundwater | underground water, usually coming from rain |
| permeable | a _______ substance is something liquid can flow through |
| impermeable | a _______ substance is something liquid cannot flow through |
| water table | a top of the region that is saturated, or completely filled with water, is called this |
| aquifer | an underground layer of impermeable rock/sediment that contains water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground where land is below the water table |
| artesian well | water that flows to the surface naturally from pressure buildup |
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