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Water Cycle Vocabulary

Water Cycle Vocabulary. Rusty Sturken Duluth Middle School Sixth Grade Earth Science. Water Cycle. The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back, passing through the living and nonliving parts of the environment. Water Cycle.

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Water Cycle Vocabulary

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  1. Water Cycle Vocabulary Rusty Sturken Duluth Middle School Sixth Grade Earth Science

  2. Water Cycle • The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back, passing through the living and nonliving parts of the environment

  3. Water Cycle http://www.osovo.com/diagram/water_cycle.jpg

  4. Water Vapor (Water Vapor) • Water Vapor is the invisible, gaseous form of water.

  5. Water Vapor (Water Vapor) • Make sure you understand that fog and clouds are NOT water vapor, they are made of tiny droplets of condensed water. WATER VAPOR IS INVISIBLE Photos by Rusty Sturken

  6. Groundwater • Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers

  7. Groundwater http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/images/hydrocyc.gif GROUNDWATER

  8. Evaporation • The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid, such as water, absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state, such as water vapor.

  9. Evaporation http://www.tapintoquality.com/facts/glossary/evaporation.jpg

  10. Transpiration • The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves

  11. Transpiration http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module01/images/transpiration.jpg

  12. Condensation • The process by which a gas, such as water vapor, changes to a liquid, such as water

  13. Condensation http://www.dreamstime.com/blue-water-drops-condensation-thumb1809120.jpg

  14. Precipitation • Forms of water, such as rain, snow, sleet or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth’s surface

  15. Precipitation http://www.fondriest.com/fileshare/subpages/science_library/precipitation.jpg

  16. Irrigation • The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops

  17. Irrigation http://www.marymount.fr/public/WaterDeficits/Irrigation_clip_image005.jpg

  18. Photosynthesis • The process by which plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make food

  19. Photosynthesis http://grapevine.net.au/~grunwald/une/KLAs/science/irrigation-photosynthesis.gif

  20. Watershed • The land area that supplies water to a river system ( think of “drainage basin”)

  21. Watershed http://www.recycleworks.org/images/watershed_800.jpg

  22. Levee • A long ridge formed by deposits of sediments alongside a river channel

  23. Levee http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/levees/press&siever13.13.png

  24. Reservoir • A natural or artificial lake that stores water for human use.

  25. Reservoir http://www.larryhotz.com/files/2009/05/reservoir2.gif

  26. Eutrophication • The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae

  27. Eutrophication http://www.lss-lab.bme.buaa.edu.cn/image/index%20of%20WWT_clip_image002.jpg

  28. Pores • Tiny openings in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water

  29. Pores http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/3ar81gcwyc4cv/xamdic/5031273188662be420eb.jpg

  30. Permeable • Characteristic of materials such as sand and gravel that allow water to pass easily through them

  31. Permeable http://www.thomastrucking.com/images/Maryland%20Gravel.jpg

  32. Water Table • The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater in an aquifer

  33. Water Table http://www.groundwater.org/gi/images/groundwaterdiagram.jpg

  34. Saturated Zone http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/curriculum/unit4/images/saturated-zone.jpg

  35. Saturated Zone • A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are completely filled with water

  36. Aquifer • An underground layer of rock or soil that holds water

  37. Aquifer http://mtnwater.com/images/missoula_aquifer-450.gif

  38. Spring • A place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the ground

  39. Spring http://www.advicesisters.net/uploaded_images/spring-713775.jpg

  40. Recharge • New water that enters an aquifer from the surface

  41. Recharge http://geopanorama.rncan.gc.ca/ottawa/images/biggroundwater.jpg

  42. Artesian Well • A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer

  43. Artesian Well http://geology.com/articles/bottled-water/artesian-well.gif

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