| A | B |
|---|
| fresh water | water that is not salty and has little taste, color or smell |
| salt water | water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals |
| water cycle | the continuous movement of water on Earth through the atmosphere and other living things |
| evaporation | the process by which water changes from liquid to vapor |
| condensation | the process by which water vapor changes into a liquid |
| precipitation | any type of liquid or solid water that falls from clouds to Earth's surface |
| divide | a continuous high line of land from which water flows in different directions |
| drainage basin | an area into which all the water on one side of a divide flows |
| turnover | the yearly rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake |
| iceberg | a mass of ice floating in the ocean |
| eutrophicahtion | an increase in nutrients in a lake or pond |
| ground water | water that collects and is stored underground |
| permeable | allowing the passage of liquids |
| impermeable | resistant to the passage of liquids |
| water table | the highest part in the ground that is saturated or filled with water |
| aquifer | an underground layer of permeable rock that contains water |
| spring | a flow of water from the ground |
| artesian well | a well in which pressurized water flows upward to the surface |
| transpiration | water vapor given off by plants |
| continental glacier | glacier that covers Antarctica and Greenland |
