Hydrosphere Vocab

precipitation

• rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

• valuable water resource on Earth; provides drinking water

• the area of land drained by a river and its branches

• the process of turning from liquid into vapor

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evaporation

• rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

• the process of turning from liquid into vapor

• the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves

• cycling of water on Earth through a variety of processes

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Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?

• All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.

• It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.

• It is surface water.

• It is underground.

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The scientific name for water in its gas phase

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Water Vapor

• Transpiration

What part of the hydrologic cycle refill aquifers

• Condensation

• Infiltration and Percolation

• Precipitation

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Hydrosphere

• All the waters on the Earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the Earth’s surface, such as clouds

• Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• Portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

• Water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salts

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River Basin

• Portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

• Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• All the waters on the Earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the Earth’s surface, such as clouds

• Water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salts

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Infiltration

• All the waters on the Earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the Earth’s surface, such as clouds

• Portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries, an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

• Process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• Water containing less than 1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, most often salts

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Saltwater

• Water that contains significant amounts of dissolved salts, mainly sodium chloride, meaning anywhere from 1,000 ppm to 35,000 ppm or more

• An extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains or moving outward from centers of accumulation

• A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea, only about 10% of its mass can be seen above water

• Process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere

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Iceburg

• Water that contains significant amounts of dissolved salts, mainly sodium chloride, meaning anywhere from 1,000 ppm to 35,000 ppm or more

• An extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains or moving outward from centers of accumulation

• A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea, only about 10% of its mass can be seen above water

• Process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere