Science Test Water

Evaporation

Turning liquid into vapour

Condensation

Vapour to liquid

Precipitation

Water droplets form large enough to fall

Run off

Water that cannot be absorbed by the ground

Infiltration

Water entering the soil

Transpiration

Water released from plants

Mixture

Combination of two or more substances

Solution

One substance dissolved in another, consisting of a solute plus solvent

Aqueous mixture

Water acts as the solvent

Solute

Substance that is dissolved to form a solution

Solution

Transparent mixture involving two or more substances

Suspension

Not transparent; particles settle over time and do not dissolve in a liquid solution

Colloid

Not transparent; a mixture in which very small particles of one substance are distributed evenly throughout another substance.