Water distribution & Water Cycle Vocabulary Set 1

What is the definition for "Atmosphere"?

• the outer layer of gasses of a large body in space such as a planet or star; the mixture of gasses that surrounds the solid earth.

• 1. a well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface.

• 1. the highest part in the ground that is saturated or completely filled with water.

1. Water that collects and is stored underground.

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• River

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Infiltration is ...

• 1. allowing the passage of water.

• The process in which water pools in large bodies like oceans, seas, and lakes

• the ability of a liquid to pass through the soil.

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allowing the passage of water.

• Infiltration

• Permeable

• Aquifer

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1. a well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface.

• Eutrophication

• Saturation

• Artesian Well

1. a very large expanse of sea, in particular, each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.

• Atmosphere

• Oceans

• Artesian Well

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An underground layer of permeable rock that contains water.

• Groundwater

• Transpiration

• Aquifer

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The highest part in the ground that is saturated or completely filled with water.

• O Horizon

• Water Table

• Runoff

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The build up over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Eutrophication

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A condition of the atmosphere in which the rates of evaporation and condensation are equal.

• Eutrophication

• Saturation

• Transpiration

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