Vocab
Surface
Ground
Water Cycle
Misc.
100

The smaller rivers or streams that feed into a larger river are called this.

tributary

100

Where a stream originates and empties into another body of water.

Source, mouth

100

Water can easily pass through this kind of material.

permeable

100

When gas changes to a liquid?

condensation

100

The power or energy of the water cycle.

Sun

200

Water mixes vertically through a process called what?

Thermal turnover

200

The land that has high elevation that separates 2 rivers or streams.

divide

200

The amount of rock that can hold water.

porosity

200

When liquid changes to a gas.

evaporation

200

Groundwater moving downhill by gravity that comes  out of the ground at the source is called what?

Spring

300

The leftover horseshoe shaped lake that remains when a meander shifts and cuts off a piece of an old river.

oxbow lake

300

The land that is drained by a river system.

watershed

300

If an aquifer empties it could cause what?

Sinkhole

300

When the water seeps into the ground.

infiltration

300

Pumping water from a well causes a dip in the water table called ___.

cone of depression

400

The area that is below the surface where air and water permeate through the rocks.

zone of aeration

400

The permeable area that water can move through at the surface of the Earth.

recharge zone

400

Groundwater is found underground in the zone of ______.

saturation

400

The term meaning plant evaporating water from the leaves.

transpirations

400

The kind of topography that results in sinkholes, caves, stalagmites and stalactites.

Karst Topography

500

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

500

Name three uses for freshwater

Farm irrigation, Industry, transportation, drinking, and recreation

500

Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely.

aquifer

500

What are the four types of precipiation?

Rain, snow, sleet, hail

500

What are two ways crater lakes can form

Inactive volcano or meteorite