An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.

The process by which water is lost though a plant's leaves.

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as snow, rain, sleet, or hail.

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another.

A lake that stores water for human use.

The buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.

Characteristics of a small material that contains connected air spaces, or pores, that water can seep through easily.

A characteristic of materials, such as clay and graphite, though which water does not does not actually pass.

The layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.

The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.

The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface..

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.

A well in which rises because of pressure within the aquifer.

A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

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Ch 1 Water

Term	Definition
Habitat	An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
Groundwater	Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
Water Cycle	The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
Evaporation	The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
Transpiration	The process by which water is lost though a plant's leaves.
Precipitation	Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as snow, rain, sleet, or hail.
Tributary	A stream or river that flows into a larger river.
Watershed	The land area that supplies water to a river system.
Divide	A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another.
Reservoir	A lake that stores water for human use.
Eutrophication	The buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.
Permeable	Characteristics of a small material that contains connected air spaces, or pores, that water can seep through easily.
Impermeable	A characteristic of materials, such as clay and graphite, though which water does not does not actually pass.
Unsaturated Zone	The layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.
Saturated Zone	The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.
Water Table	The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface..
Aquifer	An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.
Artesian Wall	A well in which rises because of pressure within the aquifer.
Wetland	A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.

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