Water Cycle Vocabulary Water Cycle The continuous process

Water Cycle Vocabulary

Water Cycle • The continuous process by which water moves from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back, passing through the living and nonliving parts of the environment

Water Cycle http: //www. osovo. com/diagram/water_cycle. jpg

Water Vapor (Water Vapor) • Water Vapor is the invisible, gaseous form of water.

Water Vapor (Water Vapor) • Make sure you understand that fog and clouds are NOT water vapor, they are made of tiny droplets of condensed water. WATER VAPOR IS INVISIBLE Photos by Rusty Sturken

Groundwater • Water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers

Groundwater GROUNDWATER http: //www. epa. gov/bioiweb 1/images/hydrocyc. gif

Evaporation • The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid, such as water, absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state, such as water vapor.

Evaporation http: //www. tapintoquality. com/facts/glossary/evaporation. jpg

Transpiration • The process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves

Transpiration http: //techalive. mtu. edu/meec/module 01/images/transpiration. jpg

Condensation • The process by which a gas, such as water vapor, changes to a liquid, such as water

Condensation http: //www. dreamstime. com/blue-water-drops-condensation-thumb 1809120. jpg

Precipitation • Forms of water, such as rain, snow, sleet or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth’s surface

Precipitation http: //www. fondriest. com/fileshare/subpages/science_library/precipitation. jpg

Irrigation • The process of supplying water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops

Irrigation http: //www. marymount. fr/public/Water. Deficits/Irrigation_clip_image 005. jpg

Photosynthesis • The process by which plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make food

Photosynthesis http: //grapevine. net. au/~grunwald/une/KLAs/science/irrigation-photosynthesis. gif

Watershed • The land area that supplies water to a river system ( think of “drainage basin”)

Watershed http: //www. recycleworks. org/images/watershed_800. jpg

Levee • A long ridge formed by deposits of sediments alongside a river channel

Levee http: //web. mst. edu/~rogersda/levees/press&siever 13. png

Reservoir • A natural or artificial lake that stores water for human use.

Reservoir http: //www. larryhotz. com/files/2009/05/reservoir 2. gif

Eutrophication • The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae

Eutrophication http: //www. lss-lab. bme. buaa. edu. cn/image/index%20 of%20 WWT_clip_image 002. jpg

Pores • Tiny openings in and between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water

Pores http: //knol. google. com/k/-/-/3 ar 81 gcwyc 4 cv/xamdic/5031273188662 be 420 eb. jpg

Permeable • Characteristic of materials such as sand gravel that allow water to pass easily through them

Permeable http: //www. thomastrucking. com/images/Maryland%20 Gravel. jpg

Water Table • The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater in an aquifer

Water Table http: //www. groundwater. org/gi/images/groundwaterdiagram. jpg

Saturated Zone http: //www. ocrwm. doe. gov/curriculum/unit 4/images/saturated-zone. jpg

Saturated Zone • A layer of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are completely filled with water

Aquifer • An underground layer of rock or soil that holds water

Aquifer http: //mtnwater. com/images/missoula_aquifer-450. gif

Spring • A place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the ground

Spring http: //www. advicesisters. net/uploaded_images/spring-713775. jpg

Recharge • New water that enters an aquifer from the surface

Recharge http: //geopanorama. rncan. gc. ca/ottawa/images/biggroundwater. jpg

Artesian Well • A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquifer

Artesian Well http: //geology. com/articles/bottled-water/artesian-well. gif