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Question | Answer |
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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 |