voc 16

  1. Hydrosphere - all the water on, above and under the Earth's surface

  2. Water Cycle - The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back

  3. Universal Solvent - a term applied to water because it dissolves more substances than any other

  4. Cohesion - the force that causes molecules to stick to like molecules

  5. Adhesion - the force that causes molecules to stick to different molecules

  6. Surface Tension - A measure of how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid

  7. Groundwater - water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

  8. Aquifer - A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

  9. Watershed - all the land where water drains from streams to a river. Many watersheds make a river basin.

  10. River Basin - the land that water flows across or under on its way to a river

  11. Headwaters - the source of a stream or river

  12. Tributary - A stream or river that flows into a larger river

  13. Meander - One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse.

  14. Floodplain - an area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks

  15. Delta - A landform made of sediment that is deposited where a river flows into an ocean or lake