ES mini vocab for 41525 Hydrospere

What is the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil and becomes groundwater?

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which term describes water that flows over the surface of the land into streams and rivers?

• Transpiration

• Runoff

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which water is absorbed by plants and then released into the atmosphere from their leaves?

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Adhesion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which water changes from liquid to gas and enters the atmosphere?

• Cohesion

• Evaporation

• Adhesion

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

What is the attraction between molecules of the same substance, creating surface tension in water?

• Adhesion

• Specific Heat

• Cohesion

• Infiltration

What is the attraction between water molecules and other materials or surfaces?

• Cohesion

• Adhesion

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

What term describes the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance, with water having a high value of it?

• Specific Heat

• Cohesion

• Infiltration

• Runoff