Chapter 10 Vocabulary

Question 0

Blue Water

Answer 0

Liquid Water

Question 1

Green Water

Answer 1

Water Vapor

Question 2

Water Cycle

Answer 2

Hydrologic cyle

Question 3

Evaporation

Answer 3

Water rising to the atmosphere

Question 4

Transpiration

Answer 4

the loss of water vapor as it moves from the soil to the leaves and out of the stomata

Question 5

Condensation or Percipitation

Answer 5

Water returning to the land in liquid form

Question 6

Humidity

Answer 6

The amount of water vapor in the air

Question 7

Relative Humidity

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Aerosols

Answer 8

Are microscopic liquid or solid particles originating from land or water surfaces

Question 9

Adiabatic Cooling

Answer 9

When warm air rises and expands(low preassure)

Question 10

Adiabatic Warning

Answer 10

Occurs as the air descends and is compressed by the higher air pressure in the lower atmosphere

Question 11

Hadley Cell

Answer 11

The two halves of the system of rising and falling air

Question 12

Windward side

Answer 12

Tropical side of mountain

Question 13

Leward Side

Answer 13

Baren side of mountain

Question 14

Capillary Water

Answer 14

Groundwater that stays in the soil

Question 15

Percolation

Answer 15

Groundwater that continues to infiltrate until it reaches an aquifer

Question 16

Aquifers

Answer 16

Layers of porous material where ground water seeps through

Question 17

Recharge Area

Answer 17

The area were water enters an aquifer

Question 18

Infiltration

Answer 18

When water seeps into the soil

Question 19

Runoff

Answer 19

When rain water runs across the soil and does not seep inside.

Question 20

Watershed

Answer 20

All of the land that contributes run off water to a particular body of water

Question 21

Seep

Answer 21

Water flows out over a relatively wide area

Question 22

Spring

Answer 22

water exits the earth with a significant flow

Question 23

Estuaries

Answer 23

Bays in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water

Question 24

Consumptive Use

Answer 24

The applied water does not return to the resource

Question 25

Non Consumptive Use

Answer 25

remains available to human use

Question 26

Land Subsidence

Answer 26

A gradual setting of the land

Question 27

Sinkhole

Answer 27

When a cavern is drained of its supporting groundwater and collapses

Question 28

Surge Flow

Answer 28

Uses computers to regulate the periodic release of water instead of a constant flow.

Question 29

Xeriscaping

Answer 29

Landscaping with desert species

Question 30

Gray Water

Answer 30

Slightly dirtied water

Question 31

Virtual Water

Answer 31

Importing foods that require a large amount of water