20 questions
When the clouds get too heavy and water falls back to earth
Runoff
Condensation
Precipitation
Transpiration
Water running off the land surface.
Runoff
Precipitation
Evaporation
Sublimation
Plants giving off moisture and releasing water into the air
Evaporation
Condensation
Transpiration
Precipitation
The movement of water from the earth and into the atmosphere
Percolation
Evaporation
Condensation
Hydrologic Cycle
All the land in which water flows on or under into a major river
Runoff
River Basin
River System
Tributaries
Streams that flow into other streams increasing the size of the stream that it is joining
Tributaries
Watershed
Aquifer
River System
Materials that are pushed along the bottom of a stream
Solution
Suspension
Bed Load
Meander
The movement of water through opening of rocks or soil.
Sublimation
Runoff
Water Table
Percolation
The process in which material is worn away by a stream.
Erosion
Alluvil Fan
Meander
Wetland
An area in which one or more rivers enters into the ocean , creating brackish water.
Wetland
Delta
River Basin
Estuary
The attractive force between water molecules
Adhesion
Cohesion
Capillary Action
Temperature
Liquid water is able to dissolve more substances than any other liquid on earth.
Cohesion
Turbidity
Permeability
Universal Solvent
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius.
Capillary Action
Specific Heat
Temperature
Density
The process that moves water through narrow porous spaces.
Capillary Action
Cohesion
Adhesion
Turbidity
When molecules of water are attracted to other substances.
Cohesion
Buoyant
Specific Heat
Adhesion
When oxygen is dissolved in the water
Turbidity
Dissolved Oxygen
pH
Nitrates
The measure of how acidic or basic a substance is. It is also known as a measure of the amount of hydrogen ions in substance.
Turbidity
Dissolved oxygen
pH
Temperature
The "cloudiness" or clarity of the water.
Turbidity
Cohesion
Dissolved Oxygen
Nitrates
The living organisms found in a body of water.
Temperature
Nitrates
Biological Indicators
Turbidity
Compounds made up of Nitrates and Hydrogen. Mainly found in fertilizers that causes high levels of plant growth in water.
Temperature
Nitrates
Biological Indicators
Dissolved oxygen