River vocab

Question 1

Atom

Answer 1

Smallest part of an element that cannot be separated into substances, these make up everything in the world.

Question 2

Molecule

Answer 2

Made up of two or more of the same or different atoms

Question 3

Water cycle

Answer 3

Process of water going up into the sky, and back down again over and iver

Question 4

Evaporation

Answer 4

Process of water molecules getting heated, spreading apart into gas form, and rising

Question 5

Condensation

Answer 5

Process of water vapor cooling, and moving closer together into liquid form.

Question 6

Precipitation

Answer 6

Water falling down from the sky such as rain, sleet, snow, and hail.

Question 7

Surface runoff

Answer 7

Process of precipitation hitting the ground and rolling downhill to the lowest spot, also precipitation soaks into the ground and still runs downhill underground to the lowest spot.

Question 8

Storage

Answer 8

Low spots where water gathers and sits until evaporation

Question 9

Transpiration

Answer 9

The process where plant roots pull up deep water from underground and their leaves release the water into the atmosphere

Question 10

Density

Answer 10

Measurement of how tightly packed together molecules are; found by taking mass divided by volume

Question 11

Cohesion

Answer 11

The property of water molecules that makes them stick together

Question 12

Stoma

Answer 12

The opening on the surface of leaves through which gasses enter and depart

Question 13

Saturation

Answer 13

The degree to which something is “full” of something else

Question 14

Water table

Answer 14

The highest part in the ground that is saturated with water

Question 15

Aquifer

Answer 15

Underground layer of porous rock that contains water; this is where wells get their water from

Question 16

Permeable

Answer 16

A material that water can flow through

Question 17

Imperable

Answer 17

A material that water can’t flow through

Question 18

Storm sewer

Answer 18

A system of pipes that drain storm water from streets, parking lots, and sidewalks and empties directly into the river.

Question 19

Sanitary sewer

Answer 19

A system of pipes that drain used water from businesses and hi,da and takes it to the wastewater treatment plant to get cleaned

Question 20

Ppm

Answer 20

Means “parts per million” it is the unit of measurement

Question 21

Watershed

Answer 21

All of the land that water rolls across or soaks into on its wa to storage

Question 22

Divide

Answer 22

A continuous ridge of high ground that forms the boundaries of a watershed

Question 23

Discharge rate

Answer 23

The amount of water assign a specific point in the river per second

Question 24

Riparian zone

Answer 24

Land next to river

Question 25

Buffer strip

Answer 25

Strips of grass land between the river and everything else

Question 26

Riprap

Answer 26

Large rocks

Question 27

Point source pollution

Answer 27

The is pollution that comes from a pipe and dumps directly directly into the water

Question 28

Non-point source pollution

Answer 28

Any pollution that is found in or around the river

Question 29

Organic matter

Answer 29

Anything that is now dead but was recently alive (re: dead plants and animals, feces)

Question 30

Inorganic matter

Answer 30

Anything that was never alive or has been through a lot of processing (re: trash such as paper, plastic, rubber, glass etc)

Question 31

Substrate

Answer 31

Material on bottom of river

Question 32

Riffle

Answer 32

Bumpy water created by rocks just under the surface of the water

Question 33

Upstream

Answer 33

Direction water is going to

Question 34

Downstream

Answer 34

Direction water is going to

Question 35

Meander

Answer 35

Curves in the river

Question 36

Run

Answer 36

Narrow area of fats moving water