Vocab
The smaller rivers or streams that feed into a larger river are called this.
tributary
Where a stream originates and empties into another body of water.
Source, mouth
Water can easily pass through this kind of material.
permeable
When gas changes to a liquid?
condensation
The power or energy of the water cycle.
Sun
Water mixes vertically through a process called what?
Thermal turnover
The land that has high elevation that separates 2 rivers or streams.
divide
The amount of rock that can hold water.
porosity
When liquid changes to a gas.
evaporation
Groundwater moving downhill by gravity that comes out of the ground at the source is called what?
Spring
The leftover horseshoe shaped lake that remains when a meander shifts and cuts off a piece of an old river.
oxbow lake
The land that is drained by a river system.
watershed
If an aquifer empties it could cause what?
Sinkhole
When the water seeps into the ground.
infiltration
Pumping water from a well causes a dip in the water table called ___.
cone of depression
The area that is below the surface where air and water permeate through the rocks.
zone of aeration
The permeable area that water can move through at the surface of the Earth.
recharge zone
Groundwater is found underground in the zone of ______.
saturation
The term meaning plant evaporating water from the leaves.
transpirations
The kind of topography that results in sinkholes, caves, stalagmites and stalactites.
Karst Topography
When too much nitrogen and phosphorous get into a body of water and cause an algae bloom that cuts off oxygen for the plants and animals.
eutrophication
Name three uses for freshwater
Farm irrigation, Industry, transportation, drinking, and recreation
Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely.
aquifer
What are the four types of precipiation?
Rain, snow, sleet, hail
What are two ways crater lakes can form
Inactive volcano or meteorite