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Water Cycle Vocabulary

Quiz by JAMES LEITHAUSER

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17 questions
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  • Q1
    The unending circulation of the earth’s water supply
    Water Cycle
    Water Process
    Water Profile
    Water Horizons
    30s
  • Q2
    the movement of surface water through cracks and spaces
    filtration
    transpiration
    penetration
    infiltration
    30s
  • Q3
    the area where all of the water fills all of the open spaces in sediment and rock
    Groundwater Zone
    Zone of Saturation
    Zone of deposition
    Zone of infiltration
    30s
  • Q4
    the volume of water flowing past a certain point in a given unit of time
    Infiltration
    Tributary
    Discharge
    Gradient
    30s
  • Q5
    a stream that empties into another stream
    Tributary
    Meandering
    Stream Capture
    Discharge
    30s
  • Q6
    sediments settling out of the water
    Deposition
    Gradient
    Discharge
    Capacity
    30s
  • Q7
    the maximum load of sediment a stream can carry
    Tributary
    Max Load
    Deposition
    Capacity
    30s
  • Q8
    the lowering of land due to the removal of water
    Gradient
    Subsidence
    Flood Plain
    Deposition
    30s
  • Q9
    the slope or steepness of a stream channel
    Infiltration
    Tributary
    Discharge
    Gradient
    30s
  • Q10
    A flat valley floor made from the side to side cutting of a stream
    Floodplain
    Tributary
    Flood Stage
    Gradient
    30s
  • Q11
    groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface
    aquifer
    water source
    Spring
    well
    30s
  • Q12
    a depression produced where groundwater has been removed from soluble rock
    watersink
    cave
    hole
    Sinkhole
    30s
  • Q13
    the discharge of a stream exceeds its capacity
    Overflow
    Floodplain
    Flood
    Deposition
    30s
  • Q14
    the water within the zone of saturation
    Heavy Water
    Brackish Water
    Saturation Zone
    Groundwater
    30s
  • Q15
    the percentage of rock that has spaces
    Percentage space
    Zone of Saturation
    Infiltration
    Porosity
    30s

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