Water Environmental Science

Water that has had all of the ions removed is called

• distilled water

• tap water

• city watere

• spring water

The tendency of water in a tube or absorbent material to travel up

• surface tension

• cohesion

• adhesion

• capillary action

Something that doesn't allow fluid to pass through is called

• permeable

• impermeable

• semipermeable

• impassable

Water on the earth's surface held underground in the soil or in pores in rocks

• surface water

• ground water

• well water

• spring water

All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• geosphere

Property where water molecules that stick to other water molecules

• adhesion

• surface tension

• capillary action

• cohesion

There are ___ watersheds in Alabama.

• 8

• 41

• 2

• 14

process of rain, sleet, or snow

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

process of a liquid slowly passing through a filter

• precipitation

• peroxide

• processing

• percolation

The action of water entering the rocks and crevices

• permeable

• semipermeable

• infiltration

• groundwater