| Term | Definition |
|---|
| PERMEABLE | sand or gravel-has spaces that water can pass through easily |
| IMPERMEABLE | clay-water can't pass through easily |
| Surface Water | the layer of water that is above the ground |
| ZONE OF SATURATION | area in which all pores in ground are filled with water-creates water table |
| ZONE OF AERATION | unsaturated soil; area above the water-filled zone that has drier ground and pores filled with air |
| WATER TABLE | surface between the zone of saturation and Aeration, below which ground is saturated |
| Limestone | Rock made from ocean organisms |
| Precipitation | process of water returning to earth as rain, sleet, or snow |
| Condensation | When water vapor is cooled and changed back to a liquid |
| Transpiration | the process of water evaporating into air through leaves of plants |
| Evaporation | when water is warmed and changes from liquid to gas |
| sinkhole | • When water level drops, caves have no support for roof • Dry cavities crack and collapse when sand and rain filter down and get heavy • When dry, underwater caves crack and sediments flow down to collapse cave roof |
| Karst System | • Area of limestone that has been eroded to produce sinkholes, caves • Underground rivers form springs |
| Hard Water | High amount of minerals |
| Soft water | Small amount of minerals |
| Solvent | as substance in which another substance dissolves |
| Valley Glaciers | long narrow glaciers that move downhill between mountains (In Cal. And Nev. It is essential for there to be snow on mountains because |
| Continental glaciers | thick sheets of ice Icebergs-large chunks of ice that break off |
| surface runoff | Rain and melted snow that do not evaporate or soak into the soil flow into rivers |
| reservoirs | lake or tank for storing water |
| Aquifer | underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells and springs etc |
| Groundwater | Water that exists beneath the earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers |
| Blue Springs | One of the ten springs that flows from the Floridian Aquifer to the Flint River |
| Domestic | of or relating to the home |
| Flood irrigation | * The application of irrigation water where the entire surface of the soil is covered by ponded water. |
| Drip Irrigation | The process of a system of tubes with small holes that allow water to drip out onto the root zone of plants |
| Center Pivot System | a method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot |
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