Chapter 10

Question 0

the loss of water vapor as it moves from the soil through green plants and exits through leaf pores, or stomata?

Answer 0

Evaporation and transpiration

Question 1

What is another name for water cycle?

Answer 1

Hydrological cycle

Question 2

Water returning to land

Answer 2

Condensation and precipitation

Question 3

Humidity

Answer 3

Amount of water in the air

Question 4

Relative humidity

Answer 4

the amount of water vapor as a percentage of what the air can hold at a particular temperature.

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

Opposite of evaporation

Question 6

Aerosols

Answer 6

are microscopic liquid or solids particles originating from land and water surfaces.

Question 7

Adiabetic cooling

Answer 7

When warm air rises, cools, and expands

Question 8

Adiabetic warming

Answer 8

Occurs when air descends and is compressed

Question 9

Global convention currents

Answer 9

near the equator rays are almost perpendicular to Earth’s surface

Question 10

Hadley cells

Answer 10

Trade winds

Question 11

Rain shadow

Answer 11

formation of the severest deserts in the world

Question 12

Capillary soil

Answer 12

The water may be held in the soil (amount depends
on the water-holding capacity of the soil)

Question 13

Percolation

Answer 13

infiltrating water that is not held in the soil

Question 14

The upper surface

Answer 14

Water table

Question 15

Aquifers

Answer 15

are layers of porous material through which ground water moves

Question 16

Recharge area

Answer 16

the area where water enters an aquifer

Question 17

Ogallala aquifer

Answer 17

probably the largest aquifer in the world.

Question 18

Seep

Answer 18

water flows out over a relatively wide area

Question 19

Spring

Answer 19

water exit’s the ground as a significant flow from a relatively small opening.

Question 20

Sinkhole

Answer 20

results when an underground cavern, drained of its supporting groundwater, suddenly collapses.

Question 21

Land subsidence

Answer 21

a gradual settling of the land

Question 22

Surge flood

Answer 22

uses computers to control the periodic release of water instead of a continuous flood method

Question 23

Xeriscaping

Answer 23

landscaping with desert species That require no additional watering.

Question 24

Freshwater

Answer 24

Water having salt concentration below .1%

Question 25

Salt water

Answer 25

Water that contains more than 3% salt

Question 26

Brackish

Answer 26

Mix of fresh and salt water

Question 27

Infiltration-runoff ratio

Answer 27

The amount that soaks in compared with the amount
that runs off

Question 28

Watershed

Answer 28

All the land area that contributes water to a
particular stream or river

Question 29

Consumptive use

Answer 29

the applied water does not return to the water resource

Question 30

No consumptive use

Answer 30

remains available to humans

Question 31

Saltwater intrusion

Answer 31

occurs where the aquifers open up into the ocean.