Flashcards: Apologia - Physical Science - Module 5: The Hydrosphere
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on April 21, 2010
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Vocabulary from Module 5 of Apologia Educational Ministries' Exploring Creation with Physical Science (2nd Edition) by Dr. Jay Wile
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hydrosphere | The sum of all water on a planet |
| Hydrologic cycle | The process by which water is continuously exchanged between earth's various water sources |
| Transpiration | Evaporation of water from plants |
| Condensation | The process by which a gas turns into a liquid |
| Precipitation | Water falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| Distillation | Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture's individual components |
| Residence time | The average time a given particle will stay in a given system |
| Salinity | A measure of the mass of dissolved salt in a given mass of water |
| Firn | A dense, icy pack of old snow |
| Water table | The line between the water-saturated soil and the soil that is not saturated with water |
| Percolation | The process by which water moves downward in the soil, toward the water table |
| Adiabatic cooling | The cooling of a gas that happens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy |
| Cloud condensation nuclei | Small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds |
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