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terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fresh water | -not salty has little taste -in most rivers and lakes |
| salt water | -contains salts and other minerals -humans & other animals cannot survive by drinking salt water |
| water cycle | continuous movement of water through the environment of the Earth |
| evaporation | -part 1 of the water cycle -when water changes from a liquid into water vapor |
| condensation | -part 2 in the water cycle -when water vapor IN THE ATMOSPHERE becomes a liquid |
| precipitation | -part 3 in the water cycle -when water falls from the clouds: rain, sleet, snow, hail etc. |
| divide | ridge or continuous line of high land, from which water flows in different directions |
| drainage basin | a area int 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 |
| eutrophication | increase of nutrients in a lake or pond |
| iceburg | -mass of ice floating in the ocean -part of a glacier -most of ice is under water |
| groundwater | water that is underground |
| permeable | substance that liquids can flow through |
| impermeable | substance that liquids cannot flow through |
| water table | top of region that is saturated or is completely filled with water |
| aquifer | underground layer of permeable rock that contains water |
| artesain well | a well where water flows to the surface naturally because its under preasure |
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