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water vocabulary
matter vocab
| 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 | capacity (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 |
| Melting | point, the ordering of ions or molecules in the solid breaks down to a less ordered state, and the solid melts to become a liquid |
| Boiling | or ebullition is the rapid phase transition from liquid to gas or vapour; the reverse of boiling is condensation. Boiling occurs when a liquid |
| 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 | for 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 | 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 crus |
| Sediment | is a solid material made of loose particles that is transported to a new location where it is deposited. It occurs naturally |
| Deposition | Deposition is the phase transition in which gas transforms into solid without passing through the liquid phase. |
| Mass movement | the movement of rock and soil down slopes due to gravity; Mass movement (politics), a large-scale social movement |
| 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 hill or ridge of sand that accumulates over time due to wind. They form in areas with loose sand and enough wind, such as deserts and beaches, where wind blows sand into a sheltered area behind an obstacle. The wind constantly shifts the sand, causing d |
| Loess | (US: /ˈlɛs, ˈlʌs, ˈloʊ.əs/, UK: /ˈloʊ.əs, ˈlɜːs/; from German: Löss [lœs]) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed |
| Runoff | a nonpoint source category of pollution. Resouces to learn more a bout conservation practices to reduce water quality impacts |
| 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 | [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 | stretch from the banks of a river channel to the base of the enclosing valley, and experience flooding during periods of high discharge |
| Delta | Independent Science Board (Delta ISB) is a board of nationally or internationally prominent scientists with appropriate expertise to evaluate |
| Alluvial fan | is an accumulation of sediments that fans outwards from a concentrated source of sediments, such as a narrow canyon emerging |
| Groundwater | water located beneath the Earth's surface that flows through porous layers of soil, sand, and rock called aquifers |
| Glacier | forms where the accumulation of snow exceeds its ablation over many years, often centuries. It acquires distinguishing features, such as crevasses |
| Continental glacier | n glaciology, an ice sheet, also known as a continental glacier, is a mass of glacial ice that covers surrounding terrain and is greater than 50,000 km2 |
| ice age | is a term describing periods of time when the reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere results in the presence or expansion |
| Valley glacier | r alternatively, an alpine glacier or mountain glacier. A large body of glacial ice astride ... |
| Plucking | tweezing can mean the process of human hair removal, removing animal hair or a bird's feathers by mechanically pulling the item |
| Till | s 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 | is simply the sediment moved by the longshore current. This current and sediment movement occurs within the surf zone |
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