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water
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| FRESHWATER | water that is not salty and has little or no taste,color,or smeller |
| SALT WATER | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| WATER CYCLE | the continuous movement of water through the environment of the 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 | the water that falls from clowds |
| DIVIDE | a ridge, or continuous line of highland from which water flows in different dirrections |
| DRAINAGE BASIN | an area into which all of thewater on one side of a divide flows |
| TURNOVER | the rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
| EUTROPHICATION | an increase of nutrients ina lake or pond |
| ICE BERG | a mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| GROUND WATER | water held under ground |
| PERMIABLE SUBSTANCE | a substance that liquids can flow through |
| IMPERMIABLE SUBSTANCE | a substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| WATER TABLE | the top of the region that is saturated, or completely filled water |
| AQUIFER | an under ground layer of permiable 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 |
| ARTESIAN WELL | a well in which water flows to the surface naturally because it is under pressure |