Vocabulary Project

2. An environment that provides the things a specific organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
4. The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
7. The layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.
8. A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans.
10. Characteristics of a material that contains connected air spaces, or pores, that water can seep through easily.
11. The total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample.
13. The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water
17. A characteristic of materials, such as clay and granite, through which water does not easily pass.
19. Any form of water the falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

1. The top of the saturated zone, or depth to the groundwater under earth's surface.
3. An abnormal climate event the occurs every two to seven years in the pacific ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns for one to two years.
5. The effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents.
6. Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
9. The average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in the area.
12. An underground layer of rock or sediment that hold water
14. A well in which water rises because of pressure within the aquafier.
15. The process by which water is lost through a plant's leaves.
16. The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas.
18. A climate event in the eastern Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal.