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Question | Answer |
AQUIFER | AN UNDERGROUND SPACE THAT STORES WATER |
CONDENSATION | THIS PROCESS OCCURS WHEN A GAS CHANGES INTO A LIQUID |
EVAPORATION | THIS PROCESS OCCURS WHEN A LIQUID CHANGES INTO A GAS |
GROUNDWATER | WATER THAT IS STORED IN THE GROUND. IT IS LOCATED IN THE PORES OF THE SOIL AND IN THE CRACKS OF ROCKS |
HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE | ANOTHER NAME FOR THE WATER CYCLE |
INFILTRATION | THE DOWNWARD MOVMENT OF WATER FROM THE LAND INTO THE SOIL |
PRECIPATATION | ANY TYPE OF WATER THAT FALLS TO THE EARTH LIKE SNOW, HAIL, MIST, OR RAIN |
SATURATED | REFERS TO SUBSTANCES THAT CAN HOLD WATER. A SUBSTANCE IS SATURATED IF IT CANNOT HOLD ANY MORE WATER |
SATURATED ZONE | THE PART OF THE GROUND WHERE ALL PORES SPACES AND CRACKS ARE FILLED WITH WATER |
SURFACE RUNOFF | WATER WHICH DOES NOT INFILTRATE THE SOIL BUT FLOWS OVER THE SURFACE OG THE GROUND |
UNSATERATED ZONE | THE AREA OF GROUND ABOVE THE WATER TABLE. THIS AREA CAN HOLD MORE WATER. IT IS NOT SATURATED |
WATER VAPOR | WATER IN THE GASEOUS FORM OF STATE |
WATER TABLE | THE BOUNDRY BETWEEN THE SATURATED ZONE AND THE UNSATURATED ZONE |
UNCONFINED AQUIFERS | WATER SEEPS FROM THE GROUND SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE THE AQUIFER |
CONFINED AQUIFERS | AN IMPERMEABLE SOIL/ROCK LAYER EXISTS THAT PREVENTS WATER FROM SEEPING INTO THE AQUIFER FROM THE GROUND SURFACE ABOVE |
DISCHARGE AREA | A STREAM, LAKE, OR OTHER SURFACE WATER BODY THAT GAINS GROUNDWATER |
PERCOLATION | THE MOVMENT OF WATER THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN SOIL AND ROCK |
RECHARGE AREA | AN AREA WHERE WATER ENTERS AN AQUIFER |
PERMIABILITY | A MEASURE OF HOW EASILY WATER CAN FLOW THROUGH A SUBSTANCE |
SUBLIMATION | THE PROCESS OF A SOLID CHANGING INTO A GAS WTHOUT GOING THROUGH THE LIQUID STAGE |
TRANSPIRATION | THE EVAPORATION OF WATER INTO THE ATMOSPHERE FROM THE STEMS AND LEAVES OF PLANTS |
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION | THE SUM OF EVAPORATION AND TRANSPORATION |
HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY | THE RATE OF WHICH WATER MOVES THROUGH THE SOIL |
VADOSE ZONE | ANOTHER NAME FOR THE UNSATURATED ZONE |
STOMATA | A MICCROSCOPIC OPENING IN A LEAFV THAT ALLOWS WATER VAPOR TO ESCAPE |
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