Water Cycle Vocabulary - Quiz
| __ | 1. | aquifer | | A. | the evaporation of water from plants | | __ | 2. | condensation | | B. | change of liquid water to water vapor | | __ | 3. | evaporation | | C. | the falling of any form of water from the air to the ground | | __ | 4. | groundwater flow | | D. | change of water vapor to liquid water | | __ | 5. | percolation | | E. | water that moves underground through soil or rock | | __ | 6. | precipitation | | F. | when liquid water runs downhill on earth's surface | | __ | 7. | reservoir | | G. | source of energy that powers the water cycle | | __ | 8. | surface runoff | | H. | the infiltration of water from the surface to the subsurface | | __ | 9. | the sun | | I. | underground bed or layer yielding ground water for wells | | __ | 10. | transpiration | | J. | an artificial lake used to store water |
| __ | 11. | impermeable | | A. | the flow of water from the land surface into the subsurface | | __ | 12. | infiltration | | B. | occurs when pollutants are placed of poured on the surface | | __ | 13. | karst topography | | C. | the boundary between zones of aeration and saturation | | __ | 14. | ordinary well | | D. | able to be passed through by a substance such as water | | __ | 15. | percolation | | E. | unable to be passed through by a substance such as water | | __ | 16. | permeable | | F. | groundwater is reached by drilling and pumped to surface | | __ | 17. | water pollution | | G. | underground region where pore spaces are filled with air | | __ | 18. | water table | | H. | underground region where pore spaces are filled with water | | __ | 19. | zone of aeration | | I. | area of limestone caves, sinkholes formed by carbonization | | __ | 20. | zone of saturation | | J. | the slow movement of water through the pores in soil |
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