Hydrology Vocab

the movement of water from the roots to the leaves, driven by the forces of cohesion and adhesion within the narrow spaces of the plant's vascular tissue

• Osmosis

• Cohesion

• Capillary Action

• Photosynthesis

A measure of how well molecules stick to each other or group together

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Glue

• Percolation

The tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another

• Velcro

• Capillary Action

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

All the water on Earth, in any state (liquid, solid, or gas), including oceans, lakes, rivers, groundwater, ice, and water vapor in the atmosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process where a substance, typically water, transitions from a liquid state to a gaseous state (vapor) at temperatures below its boiling point

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The change of the state of matter from the gas phase into the liquid phase, and is the reverse of vaporization

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The process where plants release water vapor from their aerial parts, primarily through tiny pores called stomata on their leaves, as part of the water cycle

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Any liquid or frozen water that forms in the atmosphere and falls back to the earth

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which water moves downward through the soil under gravitational forces

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

• Percolation

• Sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas state, without passing through the liquid state

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Sublimation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4