Earth's Water

The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans and living things.

• The Nitrogen Cycle

• The Carbon Cycle

• The Water Cycle

• The Phosphorus Cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A property of a system in which two points have opposite characteristics, such as charges or magnetic poles.

• Specific Heat

• Polarity

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• tributary

• aquifer

• water table

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata.

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• cohesion

The change of state from a solid directly to a gas.

• sublimation

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

In a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves.

• polarity

• adhesion

• cohesion

• solvent

The upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary zone of saturation.

• tributary

• water table

• estuary

• surface water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The attractive force between two bodies of different substances that are in contact with each other.

• polarity

• adhesion

• cohesion

• specific heat

The path that a stream follows

• water table

• tributary

• divide

• channel

The change of state from a gas to a liquid.

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4