Hydrosphere water water everywhere !

(DO NOT WRITE anything in YELLOW!)

The water cycle

Evaporation Water turns from a liquid to a gas

Water moves as vapor into the atmosphere

Transpiration

water vapor enters the atmosphere from plants

Water comes up through the xylem and out through the stoma of leaves

Sublimation

Water turns directly from a solid to a gas

Freeze drying

Can happen when snow seems to disappear without melting

Condensation

water turns from a gas to a liquid

cloud formation

dew

Transportation

movement of water around the planet

surface water (runoff)

underground

in the atmosphere as vapor

moves in plants (transpiration)

precipitation

water falls from the atmosphere

rain, snow, sleet, hail, mist, and fog

deposition

water changes directly from vapor to solid without a liquid phase

high altitudes

rare

infiltration

water filtered through porous materials such as bedrock and soil

water moves into groundwater

flow

collection of moving watersnowmeltrainwaterGroundwater

all water flows downhill due to gravity

Plant uptake

Plants take groundwater up through the roots

first part of transpiration

River BasinsRiver Basin: all the land surface dissected and drained by many streams and creeks flowing downhill into one river

Watershed: All of the land area whose water drains into a stream system, also called a drainage basin.

Tributary: A stream that empties into a larger river.

sends water out to the sea

NC river basins

• 17 designated river basins in NC

5 western basins drain to Gulf of Mexico

Hiwassee, Little Tennessee, Watauga, French Broad, and New

12 flow to the Atlantic

Of these 4 are contained in NC alone

Cape Fear, Neuse, White Oak, and Tar - Pamlico

NC River BasinsRiver Basins are a portion of large area lands which is

drained by rivers and streams that flow into each other downhill.

Water drainage for the land.

WatershedsWatersheds are basin-like landform defined by

highpoints and ridgelines that descend into lower elevations and stream valleys.

Aquifers

underground layer of saturated rock in which water can easily move

used as wells

water table

level below where the ground is completely saturated

varies with seasons

changes with time

varies with location

groundwater and flooding

groundwater close to the surface can cause chronic problems

localized high water tables can cause basement flooding in one house and the house next door can be dry

When the water table is full, water can not infiltrate into the ground resulting in flooding.

Contaminant• Everyone needs to be careful about how

they interact with their watershed. Anything someone enter up river will affect people who live down river..

• A substance that is either present in an environment where it does not belong or is present at levels that might cause harmful effects to humans or the environment

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• Point Source Pollutions – Originating from a single , identifiable source, such as a discharge pipe from a factory or a sewage plant.

• Non-Point Source Pollution- A contributory factor to water pollution that cannot be traced to a specific spot; for example: pollution that results from water runoff from urban areas, construction sites, and agricultural operations.

• VOC- Volatile Organic Compounds 

Resources

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=evaporation&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1436&bih=764&tbm=isch&tbnid=2L3f8aH_DVeq5M:&imgrefurl=http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa10/vebado/Content_1.html&docid=_2ZRxmbofqW37M&imgurl=http://ed101.bu.edu/StudentDoc/current/ED101fa10/vebado/images/evaporation.jpg&w=500&h=262&ei=XB2PULSmDeSQ0QGviIGICg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=228&vpy=255&dur=2&hovh=162&hovw=310&tx=81&ty=113&sig=115953012663293382693&page=1&tbnh=162&tbnw=310&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:5,s:0,i:139

http://www.education.noaa.gov/Freshwater/Water_Cycle.html

http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Evaporation.png

http://www.savingwater.org/waterconnection/cycle2.htm

http://bfwatercycle.blogspot.com/2008/03/accumulation.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transpiration

http://images.yourdictionary.com/transpiration

http://www.all-water.org/Water_Cycle.html

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclesublimation.html

http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/clouds/cloud_formation.html

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclecondensation.html

http://www.groundwater.org/gi/whatisgw.html

http://maikopunk.wordpress.com/category/navel-gaze/’

http://www.flickr.com/photos/60657874@N02/favorites/?view=lg

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http://www.photogalaxy.com/photo/homerholden/4/

http://bio1903.nicerweb.com/Locked/media/ch37/plant_nutrient.html

http://www.asknature.org/strategy/2386af151126ef7579cf5c506b6dc7de

http://www.kidsgeo.com/geology-for-kids/0076-drainage-basins-watersheds.php

http://www.lahmeyer.de/en/projects/details/browse/0/project/134/mode/1/show/showAll/

http://www.ncwater.org/Education_and_Technical_Assistance/Ground_Water/AquiferCharacteristics/

http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthgwaquifer.html

http://www.casperwy.gov/PublicWorks/StormWaterManagement/Watersheds/tabid/573/Default.aspx