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W&A CH1
| 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 surfaces through evaporation, condensation, precipitation. |
| Evaporation | The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to gas |
| Transpiration | The process by which water is loss through a plant's leaves. |
| Precipitation | Any form of water that falls from clouds an reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail. |
| Permeable | Characteristics of a material that contains connected air spaces, or pores, that water can seep through easily. |
| Impermeable | A characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite, through which water does easily 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 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 Well | A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer. |