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ES chapter 11

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fresh water is water that is not salty and has a little or no taster, color, or smell. Most rivers and lakes are fresh.
salt water Is water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals.
water cycle Is the continuous movement of water through the environments of the earth. In the water cycle, water is continuously changing form.
evaporation Heat energy from the sun warms up the surface of the ocean or another body of water.
condensation Occurs as air cools. IT is a water vapor from the atmosphere.
precipitation Water that falls from clouds. Inside a cloud tiny droplets of rain bumb together.
divide Is a ridge or continuous line of high land, from which water flows in different directions.
drainage basin is an area in to which all of the water on one side an one side flows
turnover The rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake.
iceberg is a mass of ice floating in the ocean
eutrophication a increase of nutrients in a lake or pond.
ground water is water held underground
permeable is a substance that substances can go through
impermeable is a substance that liquids can not flow through
water table a region that is saturated with water
aquifer is an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water
spring is a flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table
attesian well is a well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure
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