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Science

Chapter 11

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fresh water water with no salt little or no taste, color, or smell
salt water has dissolved salt and minerals , most land animals cant live off it
water cycle the continues cycle of water through earths enviorment
evaporation when water turns from a liquid to a water
condensation the process of water vapor becoming a liquid
precipitation water that falls from clouds
divide a ridge or continues line of high land
drainage basin an area into which all of the water on one side or another flows
turnover when the upper cool layer sinks and mixes everything up
iceburg a mass of ice floating in the ocean
eutropication an increase of nutrients in a lake or pond
ground water water held under ground
permeable a substance that liquids can flow through
impermeable a substance that liquids can flow through
water table the top of a area that is saturated with water
aquifer an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water
spring flow of water from the ground
artesian well a well from which water flows to the surface naturely because its under pressure
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