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6thgrade water cycle

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Water Cycle   The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitaion.  
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Precipitation   Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface  
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Groundwater   Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers  
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Tributary   A stream or smaller river that feeds into a main river  
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Watershed   The land area that supplies water to a river system  
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Divide   A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another  
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Habitat   The place where an organisms live and where it obtains all the things it needs to survive  
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Reservoir   A lake that stores water for human use  
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Wetland   A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year  
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permeable   Characteristic of a material that is full of tiny connected air spaces that water can seep through  
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Impermeable   A characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite, through which water does not easily pass  
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Saturated Zone   A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water  
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Water table   The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under Earth's surface  
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Unsaturated Zone   A layer of rocks and soil above the water and able in which the pores contain air as well as water  
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Spring   A place where groundwater flows to the surface  
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Aquifer   An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water  
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Artesian well   A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer  
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Geyser   A fountain of water and steam that builds up pressure underground and erupts at regular intervals  
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Irrigation   The process of supplying water to areas of land make them suitable for growing crops  
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Conservation   The practice of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up  
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Water pollution   The addition of any substance that has a negative effect on water or the living things that depend on the water  
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Pollutant   A harmful substance in the air,water, or soil  
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Point Source   A specific source of pollution that can be identified  
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Nonpoint Source   A widely spread source of pollution that is difficult to link to a specific point of origin  
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