Module 5 The Hydrosphere
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mamie0615 on October 17, 2011
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Exploring Creation with Physical Science
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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 wayer |
| 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 rises and expands in volume |
| cloud condensation nuclei | small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds |
| saltwater | the vast majority of water on the earth, 97% |
| groundwater | the largest source of liquid freshwater |
| calving | the process by which a piece of a glacier breaks up and falls into the ocean |
| ocean | location of majority of earth's water |
| iceberg | pieces of a glacier that have broken off and fallen into the ocean |
| glaciers | start on mountains as the result of snow that never completely melts in the summer |
| surface runoff | water that runs along the surface of the land into an ocean, lake, river, or stream |
| salt | a type of ionic compound that dissolves in water; an example is sodium chloride (NaCl) |
| humidity | the moisture (water) content of air |
| thermal pollution | warm water used for cooling hot machinery that has been added back to a water source causing a temperature change of the water source |
| smog | a mixture of smoke and fog around a cty due to large amounts of industrial and automobile pollution |
| transportation | the movement of clouds from one area to another |
| evaporation | liquid water changing to water vapor/gas |
| sublimation | solid water (ice) changing directly to water vapor/gas without changing to liquid |
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