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Water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Surface tension | Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. Surface tension is what allows objects with a ... |
| Solvent | A solvent is usually a liquid but can also be a solid, a gas, or a supercritical fluid. Water is a solvent for polar molecules. |
| Specific heat | the table of specific heat capacities gives the volumetric heat capacity as well as the specific heat capacity of some substances and engineering materials |
| Evaporation | A 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 |
| Condensation | 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 | Freezing is a phase transition in which a liquid turns into a solid when its temperature is lowered below its freezing point |
| Melting | Melting, or fusion, is a physical process that results in the phase transition of a substance from a solid to a liquid. This occurs when the internal energy |
| Boiling | Boiling or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. |
| Capillary actionil | Capillary action (sometimes called capillarity, capillary motion, capillary rise, capillary effect, or wicking) is the process of a liquid flowing in a narrow |
| Universal solvent | Water, described as the "universal solvent" for its ability to dissolve many substances; Alkahest, a hypothetical solvent able to dissolve every other substance ... |
| Mechanical weathering | Mechanical Examination, Licensing/Registration & Application Information · Solar Heating and Cooling · Solid Fuel and Vented Decorative Gas Appliances |
| Chemical weathering | 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 | Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust |
| Sediment | 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 | hemical vapor deposition ... For the scientific journal, see Chemical Vapor Deposition (journal). Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is a vacuum deposition method |
| Mass movement | Mass movement (geology), the movement of rock and soil down slopes due to gravity; Mass movement (politics), a large-scale social movement; Mass |
| Deflation | Deflation occurs when the inflation rate falls below 0% and becomes negative. While inflation reduces the value of currency over time, deflation increases it |
| 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 | A loess is 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 | The SPoT Monitoring Program conducts statewide monitoring to provide information on the condition of California waterways with respect to trends in sediment |
| Tributary | A tributary, [1] 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 | A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river. Floodplains stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of th |
| Delta | The Delta Science Program funds scientific research critical to establishing unbiased and authoritative knowledge directly relevant to Delta management actions. |
| Alluvial fan | Alluvial fans typically 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 | Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. About 30 percent of all |
| Glacier | Glacier · A glacier (US: /ˈɡleɪʃər/; UK: /ˈɡlæsiə/ or /ˈɡleɪsiə/) is a persistent body of dense ice, a form of rock, that is constantly moving downhill under |
| Continental glacier | Glaciers cover about 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 . |
| Ice age | Ice age ... This article is about glacial periods in general. For specific recent glacial periods often referred to as the "Ice Age", see Last Glacial Period |
| Valley glacier | A glacier that fills a valley is called a valley glacier, or alternatively, an alpine glacier or mountain glacier. A large body of glacial water |
| Plucking | 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 | ill is derived from the 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 | Longshore drift is simply the sediment moved by the longshore current. This current and sediment movement occurs within the surf zone. |
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