1.  Water Vocabulary

2. Hydrologic Cycle: The phases that water goes through. ** The earth does not create new water. Water simply renews itself. Hydrological Cycle - 3M Aqua- www.aquapure.com

3. Precipitation: how water falls to the ground (rain, sleet, snow, hail) Rgee's 6th grade stuff: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation... rgeegallega.blogspot.com

4. Transpiration: water vapor from plants going into the atmosphere How Drought Tolerant Plants Adapt - Mojave Desert News : Opinion... www.desertnews.com

5. Groundwater: water that fills the tiny cracks and holes in the rock layers below the surface of the earth. Ground Water and the Rural Homeowner pubs.usgs.gov

6. Aquifer: an underground layer of rocks, sand and gravel containing freshwater Old Saybrook, CT - Aquifer Protection Agency www.oldsaybrookct.org

7. Aqueduct: a man-made pipeline or canal that transports water from one place to another.

8. Watershed: a region of land that drains water, above or below ground, to a lower elevation Sandusky River Watershed Coalition www.sanduskyriver.org

9. Hydroelectricity: power produced by water