The Water Cycle
The path water takes as it circulates from land into the air and back again is known as ___________________________.
What is the water cycle?
Precipitation, or melting snow/ice, can soak into the ground and become ______________.
What is runoff?
Watershed's are like this object because they collect all the water within the drainage area and channel,or move it into a waterway.
What is a funnel?
What is land?
Lotic water systems are ________________ bodies of water including rivers and streams.
What is flowing?
What step in the water cycle moves water from ponds and lakes into the air?
What is evaporation?
A cavern is a hollow area under the ground that is formed by ______________________.
What is groundwater?
Watersheds are land areas from which all water drains into one lake, river, or ________________.
What is ocean?
Lentic water systems are bodies of water that are _____________ like ponds and lakes.
What is still?
What is the name for the step in the water cycle in which rain water flows along the ground into rivers, lakes, and oceans?
What is collection?
If a cavern is close to the surface, the weight of the ground above the cavern may cause the soil to fall down into it. When this happens, a ___________________forms.
What is a sinkhole?
This water cycle stage removes water from a watershed.
What is evaporation?
Glaciers are found in the ______________________.
What type of water system is made of moving water such as streams and rivers?
What is lotic?
Which step in the water cycle can cause flooding?
What is precipitation?
Natural underground water tanks that keep water from flowing deeper into the ground are called ___________.
What are aquifers?
Watershed's are sometimes called _____________ basins because precipitation on the land drains into a body of water.
What is drainage?
Streams are usually narrower and _____________________ than rivers.
What is shallower?
Salmon swim upstream to mate every year in rushing creeks and rivers. They are traveling in a _____________ water system.
What is lotic?
Infiltration occurs when precipitated water ______________ into the ground.
What is soaks?
After rain, water soaks into the ground and is added to the groundwater. This process is known as
What is groundwater recharge?
Snow leads to runoff in a watershed because snow ____________ and the water flows into rivers and streams.
What is melts?
Wetlands help ______________________ pollutants.
What is purify (clean up)?
The amount of oxygen, light, and heat depend on the ____________________ of the water in a lentic ecosystem.
What is the depth?