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science test11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fresh water | is water that is not salty and has a little or no taste, color, or smell. |
| salt water | is water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| water cycle | is the continuous movement of water through the environment of Earth |
| evaporation | the process in which water changes from liquid to vapor |
| condensation | the process in which water vapor in the atmosphere becomes liquid |
| precipitation | is water that falls from clouds |
| divide | is a ridge or continuous line of high, which water flows in different derections |
| drainage basin | is a watershed, area into which all of the water on one side of a divide 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. the water in an iceberg can be frozen for 15,000 years |
| eutrophiction | an increase of nutrients in a lake or pond. the process is usually slow |
| ground water | water held underground. gravity pulls rain water into the ground to make underground water |
| permeable | is a substance that liquids can flow through |
| inpermeable | is a substance that liquids cant flow through |
| water table | the top of the region that is saturated, or completely filled 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 |
| artesian well | is a well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under preassure |