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Vocab test 2
Vocab words not in the bag
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Science
5th Grade
11/12/2012

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Term
  1. porosity
Definition
A measure of the water capacity of
subsurface rock.
Term
sediment
Definition
Earth that is carried into a stream
and is either deposited on the stream channel bottom or
suspended in the water.
Term
Thermal Pollution
Definition
A change in water quality caused
by discharging warmer water that is above the present water tempeture.
Term
turbidity
Definition
particles suspended in water that cause water to look cloud.
Term
Seepage
Definition
Seepage
Slow movement of water through small
 pores of a material into or out
of a body of surface or subsurface water.
Term
Riparian Area
Definition
Land adjacent to a stream or river that supports a greater difference of plants and animals due to greater availibility of water.
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