Hydrologic Cycle review

The boundary between the zone of aeration and saturation.

• Water Table

• Zone of Saturation

• Aquifer

• Cirrus

Rain, snow, sleet or hail

• precipitation

• water

• dew point

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Referring to the number and size of the air pockets found between rocks and sediments.

• permeability

• porosity

• percolation

• precipitation

Water soaking into the ground after precipitation occurs.

• condensation

• evaporation

• infilitration

• accumulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Formation of snow or frost.

• evaporation

• condensation

• deposition

• sublimation

Formation of clouds.

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• deposition

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Water turning into water vapor due to energy from the sun.

• evaporation

• sublimation

• condensation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Filtering, as in water filtering through rocks and sediments.

• porosity

• percolation

• permeability

• condensation

Rocks and sediments that contain the aquifer.

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

• water table

• recharge zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The ability for water to flow through rocks and sediments.

• porosity

• permeability

• percolation

• infiltration