vocabulary words for chapter 33
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aquifer | zone of water-bearing rock through which groundwater can flow
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continental margin | transition zone between dry land and the ocean bottom
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glacier | large mass of dense ice formed from snow
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groundwater | water that resides in a saturated zone
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ocean basin | vast depression on Earth's surface underlain by ocean crust and filled with ocean water
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permeability | ease with which fluid can flow through rock
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porosity | proportion of rock that consists of pore spaces
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reservoir | location where water or other material that transfers from place to place in a cyclical manner is stored
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residence time | average length of time that any given atom will stay in a particular reservoir, such as the ocean or atmosphere
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runoff | precipitation that is not absorbed by the ground or evaporated and that runs over Earth's surface
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3% | percentage of Earth's water that is fresh
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97.9% | percentage of salt water in oceans
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0.49% | percentage of salt water in groundwater
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1.9% | percentage of salt water in ice caps and glaciers
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0.019% | percentage of salt water in surface water
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0.001% | percentage of salt water in the atmosphere
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0.00004% | percentage of salt water in the biosphere
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Sun | gives water the energy it needs to evaporate
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gravity | supplies the force that pulls water back to Earth's surface
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