The process by which plants give off water vapor through their leaves
The process by which plants give off water vapor through their leaves
What is transpiration?
A smaller stream or river that flows into a main river
A smaller stream or river that flows into a main river
What is a tributary?
A place where organisms live
A place where organisms live
What is habitat?
New water that enters the Aquifer
New water that enters the Aquifer
What is recharge?
The land area that supplies water to a river system
The land area that supplies water to a river system
What is watershed?
The process by which molecules of liquid absord enough energy to change to the gaseous state
The process by which molecules of liquid absord enough energy to change to the gaseous state
What is evaporation?
An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
What is a wetland?
A lake that stores water for human use
A lake that stores water for human use
What is a reservoir?
The process in which levels of nutrients build up in a lake
The process in which levels of nutrients build up in a lake
What is eutrophication?
A seasonal change that refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake
A seasonal change that refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake
What is lake turnover?
A river and its tributaries make up this
A river and its tributaries make up this
What is a river system?
About 90% of this lies below the surface
About 90% of this lies below the surface
What is an iceberg?
An underground area of permeable material totally filled with water is called
An underground area of permeable material totally filled with water is called
What is the saturated zone?
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called
What is an Aquifer?
The source of energy for the water cycle is
The source of energy for the water cycle is
What is the sun?
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all forms of this
Rain, snow, sleet and hail are all forms of this
What is precipitation?
This occurs when a river's volume increases so much that the river overflows its channel
This occurs when a river's volume increases so much that the river overflows its channel
What is a flood?
This is where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
This is where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
What is a spring?
Plants grow throughout a pond because the water is shallow enough for this to reach the bottom
Plants grow throughout a pond because the water is shallow enough for this to reach the bottom
What is sunlight?
People can obtain groundwater by drilling a
People can obtain groundwater by drilling a
What is a well?
The process by which a gas (water vapor) changes back to a liquid and forms clouds
The process by which a gas (water vapor) changes back to a liquid and forms clouds
What is Condensation?
Water that runs over the surface of the ground and does not soak in
Water that runs over the surface of the ground and does not soak in
What is runoff?
Household purposes, Agriculture, Industry, Transportation, Recreation
Household purposes, Agriculture, Industry, Transportation, Recreation
What are the 5 Major ways people use water?
When droplet in clouds become to heavy or large and they fall back to Earth
When droplet in clouds become to heavy or large and they fall back to Earth
What is Precipitation?
This is the way water is used most by people
This is the way water is used most by people
What is Irrigation in Agriculture?
Form in low lying areas, Provide habitat and are standing bodies of fresh water
Form in low lying areas, Provide habitat and are standing bodies of fresh water
What are things lakes and ponds have in common?
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