Chapter 10 Vocabulary Flashcards
Blue Water
Liquid Water
Green Water
Water Vapor
Water Cycle
Hydrologic cyle
Evaporation
Water rising to the atmosphere
Transpiration
the loss of water vapor as it moves from the soil to the leaves and out of the stomata
Condensation or Percipitation
Water returning to the land in liquid form
Humidity
The amount of water vapor in the air
Relative Humidity
The amount of water vapor as a percentage of what the air can hold at a particular temperature
Aerosols
Are microscopic liquid or solid particles originating from land or water surfaces
Adiabatic Cooling
When warm air rises and expands(low preassure)
Adiabatic Warning
Occurs as the air descends and is compressed by the higher air pressure in the lower atmosphere
Hadley Cell
The two halves of the system of rising and falling air
Windward side
Tropical side of mountain
Leward Side
Baren side of mountain
Capillary Water
Groundwater that stays in the soil
Percolation
Groundwater that continues to infiltrate until it reaches an aquifer
Aquifers
Layers of porous material where ground water seeps through
Recharge Area
The area were water enters an aquifer
Infiltration
When water seeps into the soil
Runoff
When rain water runs across the soil and does not seep inside.
Watershed
All of the land that contributes run off water to a particular body of water
Seep
Water flows out over a relatively wide area
Spring
water exits the earth with a significant flow
Estuaries
Bays in which fresh water from a river mixes with salt water
Consumptive Use
The applied water does not return to the resource
Non Consumptive Use
remains available to human use
Land Subsidence
A gradual setting of the land
Sinkhole
When a cavern is drained of its supporting groundwater and collapses
Surge Flow
Uses computers to regulate the periodic release of water instead of a constant flow.
Xeriscaping
Landscaping with desert species
Gray Water
Slightly dirtied water
Virtual Water
Importing foods that require a large amount of water
