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 earths atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipation.

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

The process by which water is lost though a plants leaves

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

A stream of water that flows into and large river

The land area that supplies water to a river

A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another

A lake that stores water for human use

The buildup overtime of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to and increase in the growth of algae

Characteristic of a material that contains connected air space, or pores that water can seep through

A characteristic of materials such as clay and granite through which water doesn't seep through easily

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 on the saturated zone or depth to the underground water under earths surface

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer

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

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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 earths atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipation.
evaporation	The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into gas.
transpirtation	The process by which water is lost though a plants leaves
percipation	Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
tributary	A stream of water that flows into and large river
watershed	The land area that supplies water to a river
divide	A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another
reservior	A lake that stores water for human use
euthopphication	The buildup overtime of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to and increase in the growth of algae
permable	Characteristic of a material that contains connected air space, or pores that water can seep through
impermeable	A characteristic of materials such as clay and granite through which water doesn't seep through easily
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 on the saturated zone or depth to the underground water under earths surface
aquifer	An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
artesian wall	a well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer
wetland	A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all the time of the year

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