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Water CycleFree Response Stream Tables River Systems Misc.

The change of water molecules from a gas

to a liquid

What is condensation?

Water, in its three states, solid, liquid, and gas,

moves from one place to another in a continuous

cycle

What is the water cycle?

The change of water from a liquid to a gas

What is evaporation?

Water droplets that are formed around a particle of dust, become heavier than air, and fall to earth

as rain, snow, sleet, or hail

What is precipitation?

The process by which rocks break down into various earth

materials

What is weathering?

Name three forms of precipitation

What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?

List two things that can prevent flooding.

What are:1.Dams2.Levees

List the four components of soil.

What are:1. Sand2. Clay3. humus4. gravel

List the three states (or forms) of water.

What are solid, liquid, and gas?

Soil components that have been eroded and deposited by moving

water

What are sediments?

Electricity created by stored water or water

from a reservoir

What is hydroelectric power?

An artificial lake formed by a dam to store excess runoff

What is a reservoir?

Trees, shrubs, grasses, twigs, leaves,

and bark that cover and lay on the ground

What is ground cover?

A view of the land with natural scenery

What is a landscape?

A “bird’s eye view” or a view from above

What is an aerial view?

deposited sediment that forms in a triangular shape at the

mouth of a stream

What is a delta?

Small streams that join and flow with larger streams and

make a river

What are tributaries?

Large sweeping curves in a stream

caused by the erosion of soil on one bank

and the depositing of it on the other

What are meanders?

The place where water from a stream finally enters a lake

or ocean

What is the mouth?

The speed at which a stream flows

What is velocity?

Water that soaks into the earth

What is ground water?

A waterproof box that contains sand,

gravel, and other soil components and that has a water source

What is a stream table?

Water that flows over the surface of land

What is runoff?

The wearing away and moving of

particles of soil and rock

What is erosion?

The amount of water that passes a given point in the channel in a given amount of

time

What is flow?