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Chapter 10 (7th)

Terms in this set (20)

habitat
Place where an organism lives
groundwater
water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
evaporation
The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
transpiration
Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
precipitation
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface.
tributary
A stream or river that flows into a larger river
watershed
The land area that supplies water to a river system.
divide
a ridge of land that separates one watershed from another
reservoir
a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
eutrophication
excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water, frequently due to runoff from the land, which causes a dense growth of plant life and death of animal life from lack of oxygen.
permeable
Able to be passed or soaked through
impermeable
Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid)
unsaturated zone
a layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water
saturated zone
The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water.
water table
The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater
aquifer
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
artesian well
A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer
wetland
A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
sublimation
The process of changing from a solid to a gas without passing through an intermediate liquid phase.
Condensation
when a gas loses energy and cools it forms a liquid
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