Water 1
Water in the ground is called this
Groundwater
The chemical abbreviation for water
H2O
This process causes rocks to break down in rivers
Weathering
Water turns into vapor when this happens
Evaporation
This fan-like structure is sometimes used for pumping water in rural areas
A windmill
Water in puddles, lakes, rivers, or oceans are what?
Dumping waste into the water causes this
Pollution
This process causes the surface of the earth to be carried away by water, glaciers, winds, waves, etc.
Erosion
When water molecules join together into a gas form that can be seen, such as clouds
Condensation
Using less water so that there is water available for the future
Conservation
Soil or rock containing usable quantities of water
The release of rain or snow from a cloud
Precipitation
This process occurs when sand or gravel travel through rivers and drop in the river bed.
Deposition
Evaporation of water through the leaves of plants
Transpiration
The largest man-made lake in the Texas panhandle
Not a piece of furniture, but the top of an aquifer
What is it called when water seeps down through the land's surface, adding to groundwater?
Recharge
Flooding
A reservoir
This river starts in Colorado, empties into the Gulf of Mexico, and forms part of Texas' boundary.
The Rio Grande River
The area of land that drains into the same river, stream, or body of water
Watershed
Water erosion formed this Texas natural wonder from the Prarie Dog Town Fork of the Red River
Palo Duro Canyon
What are two of the three physical states water can take?
The study of water
Hydrology
A spring that periodically spurts jets of hot water and steam into the air