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chapter 11 notes/sci
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Divide | A ridge or continuous line of highland |
| drainage basin | A water shed into which all of the water on one side of the divide flows |
| eutrophication | An increase of nutrients in a lake or pond |
| iceberg | A mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| groundwater | Water held underground |
| permeable | A substance that liquids can flow through |
| impermeable | A substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| Divide | A ridge or continuous line of highland |
| drainage basin | A water shed into which all of the water on one side of the divide flows |
| eutrophication | An increase of nutrients in a lake or pond |
| iceberg | A mass of ice floating in 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 underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
| spring | A flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table. Can go 300 meters underground |
| spring | A flow of water from the ground at a place where the surface of the land dips below the water table. Can go 300 meters underground |
| artesian well | A well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure |
| fresh water | Water found rivers, lakes, and rain, that is distinguished from salt water by its lack of salt |
| salt water | The water of the ocean, distinguished from fresh water by its appreciable salinity |
| water cycle | circuit of water movement from the oceans to the atmosphere and to the Earth and return to the atmosphere through various stages or processes such as precipitation, interception, runoff, infiltration, percolation, storage, evaporation, and transportation |
| evaporation | The physical process by which a liquid, such as water is transformed into a gaseous state, such as water vapor. It is the opposite physical process of condensation |
| condensation | the process of water vapor in the air turning into liquid water. Water drops on the outside of a cold glass of water are condensed water |
| precipitation | Water that falls from the atmosphere to Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| turnover | Turnover is a thorough mixing of stratified layers of lake water, usually in the spring and fall, when temperatures become uniform throughout the lake |
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