Earth science vocab topic 8

The process by which water is drawn into openings due to the attractive force between water molecules and the surrounding earth materials

• Capillarity

• Hydro lid cycle

• Infiltration

• Permeability

The overall view of a legions weather conditions over long periods of time

• Ground water

• Climate

• Precipitation

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

the subsurface water found beneath the water table in the zone of saturation

• Capillarity

• Ground water

• Permeability

• Water retention

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water entering or sinking onto, under gravity, the upper parts of earths lithosphere where the water becomes subsurface water

• Runoff

• Seep

• Infiltrate

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The degree to which a porous material will allow fruits, such as water and oil to pass through

• Permeability

• Zone of saturation

• Stream discharge

• Porosity

Percentage of open space in a material composed to its volume

• Prevailing winds

• Sorted

• Porosity

• Runoff

Winds that blow from a certain compass direction for a large part of the year

• Porosity

• Runoff

• Sorted

• Prevailing winds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

All the natural liquid water flowing at earths solid surface

• Stream discharge

• Porosity

• Seep

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A condition in which all the particles in a material are the same or similar in size, density or shape

• Urbanization

• Sorted

• Stream discharge

• Unsorted

The amount of water that passes a certain spot in a stream in a specific amount of time, such as liters per minute

• Urbanization

• Water table

• Stream discharge

• Water retention