Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Front

What is a ridge of land that separates one watershed from another?

Back

Divide

Front

What is the process when water goes from a solid state to a vapor without going through a liquid phase?

Back

Sublimation

Front

What do we call water falling back to earth from the atmosphere?

Back

Precipitation

Front

What is the process by which molecules of water at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state?

Back

Evaporation

Front

What term describes all of the water on the Earth in any state?

Back

Hydrosphere

Front

What is the term for the water cycle process where water vapor cools and changes back into liquid water?

Back

Condensation

Front

What is the term for the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation and transpiration?

Back

Evapotranspiration

Front

What is the term for the process where plants release water vapor into the air?

Back

Transpiration

Front

What is the term for the area of land where all of the water drains into a specific body of water?

Back

Watershed

Front

What is the term for the process of water vapor turning into ice without becoming liquid first?

Back

Deposition