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2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Water Cycle Free ResponseStream TablesRiver SystemsMisc.
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The change of water molecules from a gas to a liquid
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What is condensation?
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Water, in its three states, solid, liquid, and gas, moves from one place to another in a continuous cycle
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What is the water cycle?
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The change of water from a liquid to a gas
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What is evaporation?
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Water droplets that are formed around a particle of dust, become heavier than air, and fall to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail
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What is precipitation?
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The process by which rocks break down into various earth materials
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What is weathering?
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Name three forms of precipitation
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What are rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
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List two things that can prevent flooding.
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What are: 1.Dams 2.Levees
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List the four components of soil.
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What are: 1. Sand 2. Clay 3. humus 4. gravel
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List the three states (or forms) of water.
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What are solid, liquid, and gas?
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Soil components that have been eroded and deposited by moving water
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What are sediments?
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Electricity created by stored water or water from a reservoir
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What is hydroelectric power?
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An artificial lake formed by a dam to store excess runoff
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What is a reservoir?
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Trees, shrubs, grasses, twigs, leaves, and bark that cover and lay on the ground
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What is ground cover?
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A view of the land with natural scenery
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What is a landscape?
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A “bird’s eye view” or a view from above
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What is an aerial view?
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deposited sediment that forms in a triangular shape at the mouth of a stream
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What is a delta?
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Small streams that join and flow with larger streams and make a river
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What are tributaries?
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Large sweeping curves in a stream caused by the erosion of soil on one bank and the depositing of it on the other
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What are meanders?
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The place where water from a stream finally enters a lake or ocean
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What is the mouth?
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The speed at which a stream flows
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What is velocity?
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Water that soaks into the earth
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What is ground water?
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A waterproof box that contains sand, gravel, and other soil components and that has a water source
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What is a stream table?
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Water that flows over the surface of land
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What is runoff?
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The wearing away and moving of particles of soil and rock
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What is erosion?
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The amount of water that passes a given point in the channel in a given amount of time
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What is flow?
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