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Term | Definition |
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Evaporation | water goes into the sky and into the clouds to cause evaporation |
Condensation | the change of water from its gaseous form into liquid water |
Precipitation | rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. |
Run off | the water is moving down |
Transpiration | evaporation from a plant |
Groundwater | water that is being stored and transmitted through the ground. |
Infiltration | filtering the water |
Porosity | the amount of open space available to store liquid. |
Permeability | a measure of the ease at witch water will be able to follow through a substance. |
Aquifier | body that stores and transits water in usable amounts. |
water table | the top of the zone of saturation |