Hydrologic Cycle Quiz

Transpiration

Evaporation

Weathering

Erosion

infrastructure

irrigation systems

synthetic fertilizer

transpiration

Condensation

Evaporation

Percolation

Infiltration

Watershed

Wetland

Aquifer

Estuary

The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater

The volume of open spaces in rock or soil

The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas

Able to be passed or soaked through

A land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.

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

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

Groundwater

Porosity

Evaporation

Percolation

A habitat in which the fresh water of a river meets the salt water of the ocean.

Processes by which rock, sand, and soil are broken down and carried away (i.e. weathering, glaciation)

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

An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water

Zooplankton

Photosynthesis

Cyanobacteria

Phytoplankton

the volume of open spaces in rock or soil

water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant

The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas