Water Vocabulary

A continuous process by which water circulates and moves from Earth's surface to teh atmosphere and back driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

• precipitation

• water cycle

• habitat

• evaporation

The place where an organism lives.

• habitat

• home

• niche

• transpiration

the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state.

• condensation 
• evaporation
• precipitation

the process in which water is given off through the leaves of a plant as water vapor

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

water taht falls to the Earth as rain, snow, or hail

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

water that fills the cracks and spaces undergrough soil and rock layers

• precipitation

• evaporation

• groundwater

a lake that stores water for human use

• reservoir

• tributary

• watershed

a process that occurs over time where nurtrients can build up in a lake

• divide

• eutrophication

• reservoir

streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river

• tributary

• reservoir

• divde

• watershed

the land area that supplies water to a river system

• reservoir

• watershed

• tributary