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Water Cycle Vocabulary
Rusty Sturken
Duluth Middle School
Sixth Grade Earth Science
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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
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Water Cycle
http://www.osovo.com/diagram/water_cycle.jpg
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Water Vapor Water Vapor (Water Vapor)
• Water Vapor is the invisible, gaseous form of water.
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Water Vapor 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
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Groundwater• Water that fills the cracks
and pores in underground soil and rock layers
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Groundwater
GROUNDWATER http://www.epa.gov/bioiweb1/images/hydrocyc.gif
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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.
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Evaporation
http://www.tapintoquality.com/facts/glossary/evaporation.jpg
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Transpiration• The process by which
plants release water vapor through their leaves
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Transpiration
http://techalive.mtu.edu/meec/module01/images/transpiration.jpg
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Condensation• The process by which a
gas, such as water vapor, changes to a liquid, such as water
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Condensation
http://www.dreamstime.com/blue-water-drops-condensation-thumb1809120.jpg
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Precipitation• Forms of water, such as
rain, snow, sleet or hail that fall from clouds and reach Earth’s surface
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Precipitation
http://www.fondriest.com/fileshare/subpages/science_library/precipitation.jpg
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Irrigation• The process of supplying
water to areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops
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Irrigation
http://www.marymount.fr/public/WaterDeficits/Irrigation_clip_image005.jpg
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Photosynthesis• The process by which
plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make food
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Photosynthesis
http://grapevine.net.au/~grunwald/une/KLAs/science/irrigation-photosynthesis.gif
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Watershed• The land area that supplies
water to a river system
( think of “drainage basin”)
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Watershed
http://www.recycleworks.org/images/watershed_800.jpg
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Levee• A long ridge formed by
deposits of sediments alongside a river channel
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Levee
http://web.mst.edu/~rogersda/levees/press&siever13.13.png
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Reservoir• A natural or artificial lake
that stores water for human use.
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Reservoir
http://www.larryhotz.com/files/2009/05/reservoir2.gif
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Eutrophication• The process by which
nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae
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Eutrophication
http://www.lss-lab.bme.buaa.edu.cn/image/index%20of%20WWT_clip_image002.jpg
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Pores• Tiny openings in and
between particles of rock and soil that may contain air or water
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Pores
http://knol.google.com/k/-/-/3ar81gcwyc4cv/xamdic/5031273188662be420eb.jpg
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Permeable• Characteristic of materials
such as sand and gravel that allow water to pass easily through them
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Permeable
http://www.thomastrucking.com/images/Maryland%20Gravel.jpg
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Water Table• The top of the saturated
zone, or depth to the groundwater in an aquifer
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Water Table
http://www.groundwater.org/gi/images/groundwaterdiagram.jpg
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Saturated Zone
http://www.ocrwm.doe.gov/curriculum/unit4/images/saturated-zone.jpg
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Saturated Zone• A layer of permeable rock or
soil in which the cracks and pores are completely filled with water
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Aquifer• An underground layer of
rock or soil that holds water
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Aquifer
http://mtnwater.com/images/missoula_aquifer-450.gif
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Spring• A place where groundwater
bubbles or flows out of cracks in the ground
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Spring
http://www.advicesisters.net/uploaded_images/spring-713775.jpg
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Recharge• New water that enters an
aquifer from the surface
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Recharge
http://geopanorama.rncan.gc.ca/ottawa/images/biggroundwater.jpg
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Artesian Well• A well in which water rises
because of pressure within the aquifer
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Artesian Well
http://geology.com/articles/bottled-water/artesian-well.gif