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Water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Surface tension | is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible |
| solvent | is a substance that dissolves a solute, resulting in a solution. A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical ... |
| Specific heat | symbol c) of a substance is the amount of heat that must be added to one unit of mass of the substance |
| Evaporation | is a type of vaporization that occurs on the surface of a liquid as it changes into the gas phase. |
| Condensation | reaction is a type of chemical reaction in which two molecules are combined to form a single molecule, usually with the loss of a small molecule ... |
| Freezing | is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point. |
| Melting | or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. |
| Boiling | or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. |
| Capillary action | metimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow ... |
| Universal solvent | or its ability to dissolve many substances; Alkahest, a hypothetical solvent able to dissolve every other substance ... |
| Mechanical weathering | processes are either physical or chemical. The former involves the breakdown of rocks and soils through such mechanical effects as heat, water, ice, ... |
| Chemical weathering | occurs when the breakdown of rock results from chemical change in the rock, or the when the rock is dissolved away. The rate of these ... |
| Erosion | include rainfall; bedrock wear in rivers; coastal erosion by the sea and waves; glacial plucking, abrasion, and scour; areal flooding; wind ... |
| Sediment | is a solid material made of loose particles that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. ... It occurs naturally and, through the |
| Deposition | method used to produce high-quality, and high-performance, solid materials. |
| Mass movement | the movement of rock and soil down slopes due to gravity |
| Deflation | occurs when the inflation rate falls below 0% and becomes negative. While inflation reduces the value of currency over time, |
| Sand dune | A dune is a landform composed of wind- or water-driven sand. It typically takes the form of a mound, ridge, or hill. |
| Loess | s a periglacial or aeolian (windborne) sediment, defined as an accumulation of 20% or less of clay with a balance of roughly equal parts sand and silt. |
| Runoff | Agricultural runoff as a nonpoint source category of pollution. Resouces to learn more a bout conservation practices to reduce water quality impacts from ... |
| Stream | is a continuous body of surface water [1] flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, |
| Tributary | or an affluent, [2] is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (main stem or "parent"), river, or a lake. |
| Flood plain | flooding during periods of high discharge. |
| Delta | is part of one of the largest estuaries on the west coast of North and South America. It supplies a portion of the water used ... |
| Alluvial fan | tpically form where a flow of sediment or rocks emerge from a confined channel and are suddenly free to spread out in many directions. For ... |
| Groundwater | is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. |
| Glacier | bout 10% of Earth's land surface. Continental glaciers cover nearly 13 million km2 (5 million sq mi) or about 98% of Antarctica's 13.2 million ... |
| Continental glacier | is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 ... |
| Ice age | periods of time when the reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere results in the presence or expansion of ... |
| Valley glacier | alternatively, an alpine glacier or mountain glacier. A large body of glacial ice astride ... |
| Plucking | or tweezing can mean the process of human hair removal, removing animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item from the owner's ... |
| Till | erosion and entrainment of material by the moving ice of a glacier. It is deposited some distance down-ice to form terminal, lateral, ... |
| Longshore drift | simply the sediment moved by the longshore current. This current and sediment movement occurs within the surf zone. |
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