Hydrosphere Vocab

5. circular motion of water in each of the major ocean basins
7. Oxygen/oxygen dissolved in water, dissolved oxygen is important for fish and other aquatic animals
8. ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water
9. of water clearness
11. to liquid
12. source pollution/pollution that does not have a specific point of release, open,loop recycling,when materials are reused to form new products.
14. Pollution/Modern incinerators produce toxic ash. Garbage covered soil causes pollution for nearby streams as rainwater & ground water run out of landfills into streams.
15. Off/Water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

1. of water from the land surface into the subsurface.
2. Evaporation of water from the leaves of a plant
3. A lake that stores water for human use.
4. of water
6. Quality/the chemical, biological, and physical status of a body of water
10. Source Pollution/ Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location (e.g., pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels, containers of various types).
13. Current/A large volume of water flowing in a certain direction