Science Vocabulary

1. a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern
3. all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground
4. the process by which plants release water vapor into the air through stomata; also the release of water vapor into the air by other organisms
5. a streamlike movement of ocean water far below the surface
6. a path that a stream follows
7. The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things
8. any movement of matter that results from differences in density; maybe vertical, circular, and cyclical
11. a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater
12. the boundary between drainage areas that have, streams that flow in opposite directions
15. the area of land that is drained by a water system
16. the change of state form a solid directly to a gas
17. the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
18. the movement of deep, cold, and nutrient/rich water to the surface

2. The change of state from a liquid to a gas that usually occurs at the surface of a liquid over a wide range of temperatures
6. the curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path do to Earth's rotation
9. a stream that flows into a lake, or into a larger stream
10. the change of a state from a gas to a liquid
13. any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from clouds
14. the water that is stored beneath Earth's surface