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WaterAk
water cycle vocab
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6th Grade
04/28/2011

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Saturation
Definition
A process of something being saturated
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Pollutants
Definition
objects that can pollute the enviroment
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Estuary
Definition
Te wide part of a river where it nears the sea
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Water pollution
Definition
Water that is polluted with pollutants
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Tributary
Definition
A stream that flows to a larger stream or other body of water
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Ogollala Aquifer
Definition
The biggest aquifer in Texas
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Impermeable
Definition
perventing especially liquids to pass
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Percolation
Definition
The movement of water through porous rock and/or soil
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Aquifer
Definition
Underground storage place for ground water.It is offen stored within permeable rock
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Watershed
Definition
were all the water flows to one source
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Artesian Well
Definition
A well that is drilled into an aquifer where the groundwater is under pressure
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Artesian Spring
Definition
A place where the water table meets the earth's surface, and groundwater seeps out on the surface.
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Non-Potable
Definition
Not fit to drink
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Potable
Definition
fit to drink
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Potable
Definition
fit to drink
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Saline
Definition
Saltwater
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Accumulation
Definition
the collected totality of water in the ocean
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Wetlands
Definition
(part of a water shed)Land that is naturally wet all the time and controls plants and animals
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Water Table
Definition
The highest level in an aquifer where the pores are full of water.Seperates the zoneof saturation from the zone of aeration
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Waste Water
Definition
Water used in households
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Filteration
Definition
Fourth step in water treatment.Remaining at the top t\of the tank after the sediments have settled out is pumped through a filter to remove unsettled peices
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Recharge Zone
Definition
The surface area above an aqufier where precipitation falls,and eventrually fals down into the water shed
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Surface Water
Definition
Water flowing or standing on the surface of the earth
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Transpiration
Definition
The passage way of water though a plant from the roots throught the vascular system to the atmosphere
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Porosity
Definition
Porsity is a way a measuring pore spaces in soil and rock
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Aeration
Definition
First step in water treatment.Air is circulated through water to remove gases and brings water into contact with the atmosphere
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Groundwater
Definition
Groundwater is contained in the open spaces (pores) of soil and rock
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Run Off
Definition
Water that flows across the earth's surface
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Permeanbility
Definition
the ability or rock/soil to have wateer and other fluids flow through it.Permeable rock has conected pores and cracks that allows groundwater to flow through it.
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