Hydrosphere Vocab

3. the measure of how much water can flow through a substance
5. an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
7. Tension: atoms and molecules in the surface of a substance exhibit the property of cohesion
9. Heat: how much heat energy it will take to raise or lower the temperature of an object
10. a measure of the amount of salt in a body of water
12. having a positive and negative end (pole) (i.e. Water is a polar molecule because it has a negatively charged side- the oxygen atom- and a positively charged side- the two hydrogen atoms.)
13. basin: an area of land drained by a river and its tributaries, much like a bathtub, catches all of the water that falls within its sides
15. a body of rock that can contain water or allow water to flow through it
16. when a gas transforms into a liquid as a result of cooling
17. of Vaporization: the amount of heat that must be absorbed if a certain quantity of liquid is vaporized at a constant temperature
18. a freshwater stream that feeds into a larger stream, river or other body of water.
19. mass per unit volume; the amount of matter in a given amount of space

1. the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure, etc.
2. the total amount of water found underground, on the surface and in a planet's atmosphere.
3. rain, snow, sleet, hail
4. when the atoms or molecules of a substance stick together
6. when the atoms or molecules of a substance stick to other substances
8. Cycle: the journey water takes as it circulates from the land to the sky and back again
11. a liquid or a gas
14. when a liquid transforms into a gas as a result of heating