Science Vocab

4. the streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river
5. they have large and connected pores, materials such as sand and gravel allow water to pass through
6. water that fills the cracks and open spaces in underground soil and rock layers
9. nutrients that build up in the lake in a process

1. cycle the continuous process by which water moves from earths surface to the atmosphere and back
2. the water is given off through the leaves as water vapor
3. water that falls on earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet
7. a land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year
8. the land area that supplies water to a river system
10. the place where it lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive