VOCAB WORDS FOR HYDROLOGY

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• Freshwater (the river)
• Erosion (the canyon)

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• Sublimation (solid to gas)
• Condensation (clouds)
• Evaporation (water being heated up)
• Deposition (gas to solid)
• Infiltration (water seeping into the ground)
• Precipitation (rain/snow)
• Runoff (water trickling down a mountain)
• Transpiration (water going through a plant)
• The water cycle (all of the transformations of water)
• Groundwater (water beneath the surface)

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• An Artesian well (a natural well)
• An Aquifer (an area of groundwater)
• A Water table (where water collects)

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• Salt water (the sea)
• An unsaturated zone (the brownish area)
• The saturated zone (the blue area)

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• A sinkhole (it's circled)
• A cave (that's filled up with water
• How sinkholes/caves form

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• An example of hard water (bottled)
• And an example of soft water (tap water)

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• Permability (soil that has "pores" in it)
• Porosity (the space between two molecules of soil)

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• People protesting the dropping of acid in our water sources (NIMBY)

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