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Technology
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes especially in industry.
Theory
A supposition of a system of ideas intended to explain something especially one based on general principles of the thing to be explained.
Law
A statement of a fact, deduced from observation, to the effect that a partial or natural or scientific phenomenon occurs if certain conditions are present.
Data
Faces and statistics collected together for reference or analysis
Hydrosphere✨
All the waters on earth’s surface
Surface tension
The tension of the surface film of a liquid caused by the attraction of the particles in the surface layer by the bulk of the liquid, which tends to minimize surface substance
Cohesion
The sticking together of particles of the same substance.
Co- together
Adhesion
The action or process of adhering to a surface or a substance
Erosion
The process by which soil and sediment are transported from one location to another
Deposition
The process in which material is laid dow or dropped
Delta
A fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream
Alluvial fan
A fan shaped mass of material deposited by a stream when the slope of the land decreases (hurriedly?)
Water tablet
The upper surface underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation.
Aquifer
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of ground water.
Permeability
The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores
