| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Hard Water | high amount of minerals; soap will not lather easily, minerals build up in plumbing |
| Soft Water | small amounts of minerals;soap lathers easily minerals don't build up |
| Solvent | a substance in which another substance dissolves |
| Continental Glaciers | Thick sheets of ice |
| Valley Glaciers | Long narrow glaciers that move downhill between mountains |
| Surface Runoff | rain and melted snow that do not evaporate or soak into rivers |
| Precipitation | the process of water returning to the Earth as rain, sleet, or snow |
| Condensation | water vapor is cooled and then changed back into a liquid |
| Transpiration | water is evaporated into the air thru the leaves of plants |
| Evaporation | water is formed and changes from a liquid to a gas |
| Groundwater | water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock |
| Surface Water | water collecting on the ground or in a stream, river, lake, or ocean |
| Aquifer | a body of permeable rock that can hold or contain water |
| Permeable | something that allows liquid or gases to pass thru it |
| Impermeable | water that does not pass thru quickly |
| Water Table | surface between the zone of saturation and the zone of aeration below which the ground is being saturated |
| Zone of Aeration | area above the water-filled zone that has drier ground (unsaturated soil) and holes filled with air |
| Zone of Saturation | area in which all pores are filled with water |
| Limestone | a soft sedimentary rock |
| Sinkhole | dry cavity caused by when sand and rain filter get heavy |
| Karst System | area of limestone that has been eroded to produce sinkholes and caves |
| blue springs | below Lake Blackshear |
| Reservoirs | a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply |
| Domestic | local, one of the users of water |
| Flood Irrigation | water is pumped to the fields and is allowed to flow along the ground among the crops |
| Drip Irrigation | water is sent through plastic pipes-with holes in them-that are laid along rows of crops |
| Center Pivot System | a spray irrigation system that can roll around fields using the center point as a pivot |
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