Water Vocabulary Test

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

• Habitat
• Groundwater
• Water Cycle
• Evaporation

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Habitat
• Groundwater
• Water Cycle
• Evaporation

An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.

• Habitat
• Groundwater
• Water Cycle
• Evaporation

The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

• Habitat
• Groundwater
• Water Cycle
• Evaporation

Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Tributary
• Watershed

The process by which water is lost through a plant's leaves.

• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Tributary
• Watershed

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Tributary
• Watershed

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

• Transpiration
• Precipitation
• Tributary
• Watershed

A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another.

• Divide
• Reservoir
• Eutrophication
• Permeable

The buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.

• Divide
• Reservoir
• Eutrophication
• Permeable