Mineral spelling bee Flashcards
Accumulation
Gather together
Condensation
When gas transforms into liquid
Evaporation
When liquid transforms into gas
Expansion
Gets bigger
Gas
Particles with little attractive force between them, expands into whatever space it occupies
Solid
They are held firmly in place but still vibrating
Liquid
Kept from flying apart but not solid they assume container
Gas
Flying around every where and everyone deals with it
Groundwater
water that has soaked through the soil and stays underneath the soil.
Infiltration
water moving from above ground into soil
Liquid
no definite shape, but definite volume
Molecule
2 or more atoms bonded together to form a chemical
Percolation
water moving through a filter
Precipitation
water condenses in the atmosphere and falls to the ground
Runoff
draining water away from the surface
Solid- fixed in shape