4.1 Water Vocabulary

2. a permeable underground layer of water
3. change of a substance from a solid to a gas without passing through the liquid state
5. _____ river is a meandering river located at a low elevation
7. measure of the open space in rocks
9. all water found underground
13. hole in the ground that a forms when an underground cave collapses
14. change of a substance from a liquid to a gas
16. _____ glacier that covers a large area of land
17. structure built to prevent a river from overflowing
18. hot spring that periodically erupts
20. relationship between the input and output of all the water on earth
21. zone of _____ is the underground region where pore spaces contain air and water
22. change of a substance from a gas to a liquid
24. force of attraction between different molecules

1. loss of water by plants
4. zone of _____ is the underground region where pore spaces are saturated with groundwater
6. natural or artificial lake used to store a regulate water
8. _____ river is a river with an increased stream gradient and power to erode
10. boundary between unsaturated and saturated ground
11. _____ river is a fast-flowing, irregular river with a steep, V-shaped channel
12. _____ glacier that is a long, narrow, U-shaped mass of ice that takes shape as ice moves down a mountain and through a valley area
15. _____ river is a slow-moving, flat river
16. the molecular attraction between particles of the same kind
19. force that pulls molecules on the surface of a liquid together to form a liquid
23. _____ power is the electricity produced from the power of moving water