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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| habitat | the natural home or environment of an animal, plant, or other organism. |
| groundwater | Groundwater is water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface. The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the water table. |
| water cycle | The water cycle shows the continuous movement of water within the Earth and atmosphere. It is a complex system that includes many different processes. Liquid water evaporates into water vapor, condenses to form clouds, and precipitates back to earth in th |
| evaporation | Evaporation is the process that changes liquid water to gaseous water (water vapor). Water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere via evaporation. Evaporation occurs when energy (heat) forces the bonds that hold water molecules together to break |
| transpiration | Transpiration is the evaporation of water from plants occurring at the leaves while their stomata are open for the passage of CO2 and O2 during photosynthesis. |
| precipitation | the action or process of precipitating a substance from a solution. 2. |
| tributary | A tributary is a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water. The larger, or parent, river is called the mainstem. 6 - 12+ Earth Science, Geography, Physical Geography. |
| watershed | A watershed is an area of land that drains or “sheds” water into a specific waterbody. Every body of water has a watershed. Watersheds drain rainfall and snowmelt into streams and rivers. These smaller bodies of water flow into larger ones, including lake |
| divide | Encyclopedic Entry Vocabulary. A divide is the elevated boundary separating areas that are drained by different river systems. For this reason, the feature is often called a drainage divide. Water flowing on one side of a divide empties into one body of w |
| reservoir | reservoir. 1. (Science: anatomy) A place or cavity for storage, for anatomical structures serving as a storage space for fluids. |
| eutrophication | Harmful algal blooms, dead zones, and fish kills are the results of a process called eutrophication — which occurs when the environment becomes enriched |
| salinity | Salinity is the measure of dissolved salts in water. This accounts for all salts, not just sodium chloride (table salt). |
| sonar | Sonar, short for Sound Navigation and Ranging, is helpful for exploring and mapping the ocean because sound waves travel farther |
| seamount | A seamount is an underwater mountain formed by volcanic activity |
| trench | Image result for definition of trench science Trenches are long, narrow depressions on the seafloor that form at the boundary of tectonic plates where one plate is pushed, or subducts, beneath another. |
| continental shelf | the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean. The continental shelf is geologically part of the continental crust. |
| abyssal plain | The meaning of ABYSSAL PLAIN is any of the great flat sediment-covered areas of ocean floor. |
| mid-ocean ridge | a long, seismically active submarine ridge system situated in the middle of an ocean basin and marking the site of the upwelling of magma associated with seafloor spreading. An example is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. |
| current | belonging to the present time; happening or being used or done now. |
| Coriolis effect | an effect whereby a mass moving in a rotating system experiences a force (the Coriolis force ) acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation. On the earth, the effect tends to deflect moving objects to the right in the northe |
| Climate | the weather conditions prevailing in an area in general or over a long period. |
| El Nino | El Niño means Little Boy, or Christ Child in Spanish. South American fishermen first noticed periods of unusually warm water in the Pacific |
| La Nina | La Niña means Little Girl in Spanish. La Niña is also sometimes called El Viejo, anti-El Niño, or simply "a cold event." La Niña |
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