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Chapter 1 water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Habitat | An evironment that provides what specific organism needs |
| groundwter | Water thats fills tight spaces underground |
| water cycle | the continual movement around the Earth's atmosphere |
| evaporation | he process by which molcecules t the surface of liquid absorb enough energy to become gas |
| transpiration | the process which water falls off leaves |
| precipitation | any from of clouds that falls and makes it to the Earth's surface |
| tributary | A stream river the flows into a bigger river |
| watershed | A land or area that supplies river water |
| divide | A ridge of land the seperotes one watershed from another |
| reservoir | A lake that stores water for human use |
| eutrophication | The buildup of nutrients in fresh water |
| permeable | Characteristic of a material that contains connected air spaces |
| impermeable | a characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite |
| unsaturated zone | The layer of rocks and soil above the water table |
| saturated zone | The area of premeable rock or soil in the cracks |
| water table | The top of the saturated zone |
| aquifer | An underground layer of sediment |
| wetland | A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some time of all year |
| artesian well | A well which waterriises because of pressure |
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