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chap 11 test
earth science
| 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 | 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 | When the water falls from the clouds |
| Divide | A ridge, or continuous high line, from which water flows in different directions |
| Drainage Basin | An area into which all of the water on one side of a divide flows |
| Turnover | The rising and the sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
| Iceberg | A mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| Eutrophication | An increase in nutrients in a lake or pond. |
| Permeable | A substance liquids flow through. |
| Groundwater | Water that is held underground |
| Water Table | The top of the region that is completely filled with water |
| Aquifer | An underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| impermeable | A substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| spring | A flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table |
| Artesian | A well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure |
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