Unit 1 Earths Water Lesson 1 Water and

Unit 1 Earth’s Water Lesson 1 Water and Its Properties Lesson 2 The Water Cycle Lesson 3 Surface Water and Groundwater

the force that holds molecules of a single substance together cohesion

the change of state directly from a solid to a gas sublimation

all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground surface water

a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater aquifer

in a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves solvent

the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things water cycle

the water that is beneath Earth’s surface ground water

the quantity of heat required to raise a unit of mass of homogeneous material 1 K or 1 C in a specified way, given constant pressure and volume specific heat

the change of state from a liquid to a gas that usually occurs at the surface of a liquid over a wide range of temperatures evaporation

the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation water table

the attraction between two bodies of different substances that are in contact with each other adhesion

the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also the release of water vapor by other organisms transpiration

a property of a system in which two points have opposite characteristics, such as charges or magnetic poles polarity

the change in state from a gas to a liquid condensation

the path a stream follows channel

the area of land that is drained by a river system watershed

any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from clouds precipitation

a stream that flows into a lake or a larger stream tributary

the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions divide