Soil and Water

When water _________, dew forms.

• Melts

• Evaporates

• Condenses

• Precipitates

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What is another name or synonym for the water cycle?

• Geologic cycle

• Hydrologic cycle

• Geosphere

• Carbon cycle

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soil horizon

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

• oceans and sea water with salt; largest biome

• a distinct layer within a soil profile

• Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater

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Groundwater

• Impassable, not allowing passage through (such as by a liquid)

• water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

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zone of aeration

• Zone in soil that is not saturated with water and that lies above the water table.

• The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes

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

• Water weathers rock by dissolving it

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water table

• The upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater

• Overall weather in an area over a long period of time

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

• The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind

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zone of saturation

• a loose granular substance, typically pale yellowish brown, resulting from the erosion of siliceous and other rocks and forming a major constituent of beaches, riverbeds, the seabed, and deserts.

• The lower zone where water accumulates between small rock particles.

• the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil

• the presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects.

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What is the process by which water moves downward through the soil, reaching the water table?

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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Which soil component is primarily responsible for retaining water and nutrients?

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

• Gravel

What is the term for the uppermost layer of soil, rich in organic material?

• Subsoil

• Topsoil

• Bedrock

• Parent material