Water Cycle
This process is when water from oceans and other bodies of water evaporate into the atmosphere.
What is evaporation
This is the mot abudndant source of freshwater on Earth.
What is glaciers?
THis is the starting point of most rivers, often found in mountains, or hills?
What is source or headwaters?
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This type of freshwater body is usually smaller than a lake and a can be formed by rivers and streams?
What is a pond?
This is the term for water vapor that cools and condenses into tiny droplets.
What is condensation.
The process of collecting, storing and distributing water for agricultural, industrial, or residential use is called?
Water Management
The flow of water in a river or steam is called this?
WHat is a streamflow
This term refers to the conitnunous movement of seawater, caused by factors like wind, the rotation of the Earth, and salinity differences.
What is an ocean current?
These underground layers of water-holding rock can store large amounts of freshwater.
What is aquifer?
this phase of the water cycle involves water falling to Earth in the form of rain , now, sleet or hail.
What is precipitation
These tpes of water bdes provide nearly all the fresh water used bu humans for drinking, agriculutre, and industry.
What are rivers and lakes.
This term refers to the land area that supplies water to a river system.
What is a watershed?
THe process by which seawater evaporates and leaves behind dissolved salts is called this?
What is salinity
This is a term for freshwater wetland, found between land and water often acting as a natural water filter.
What is swamp or marsh?
THis process involves water moving from the surface of the Earth back into bodies of water like rivers, lakes, and oceans.
what is runoff.
This main soucre of groundwater that replenishes aquifers.
What is precipitation?
When rivers overflow and spread out over the land, this happens.
What is a flood?
THis is the name for the ocan zone where sunlight can penetrate and support life?
What is the photic zone?
This body of water found in certain areas, can be surounded by montains or hills and fomed by glaciers
What is a glacial lake?
This is the term for the movement of water from plants to the atmosphere.
What is transporation?
This is the name of the underground layer of water-bearing rock or sediment.
What is an aquifer?
These rivers features are formed when rivers deposit sediment in areas where the water slows down.
What are delta or alluvial fans?
The deepest part of the ocean is found in these regions.
The great lakes are examples of this type of freshwater system
What are large fresh water lakes?