1. Distribution of Water Vocabulary

2. Hydrosphere All the water on earth (surface,
groundwater, and atmosphere)

3. Groundwater
Water that is found beneath the Earth’s surface, between soil or rock particles.

4. Surface water
Water found above ground that moves into river basins.

5. Permeability
The ability of water to flow through the soil; different types of soil and rock can be permeable, semi-permeable, or impermeable

6. Hole that is dug or drilled through the ground to obtain groundwater
Wells
Hole that is dug or drilled through the ground to obtain groundwater

7. Glacier
A large body of ice that usually forms over land over a long period of time

8. The Water Cycle Vocabulary

9. Water Cycle
The cycle through which water moves around the Earth, changing both its phase (between solid to liquid to gas) and its location (in the oceans, in clouds, in streams and lakes, and in groundwater).

10. Water changing from a liquid to a gas

11. Water changing gas to a liquid – forms clouds

12. When water falls back to the Earth from the clouds; rain, snow, sleet & hail

13. The flow of water underground and over land to rivers, streams, lakes, and oceans

14. Transpiration
The process of evaporation from plants

15. Estuary
A partially enclosed body of water where freshwater meets and mixes with salt water

16. River Basin/Watershed
The drainage area of a river

17. Ocean Basin
Area covered by ocean water

18. Sublimation
Water changing from a solid to a gas; skipping the liquid phase.

19. Deposition
Where water vapor changes directly into ice—such as snowflakes and frost.

20. The downward movement of
Percolation
The downward movement of
water through openings in the soil