Science Unit 7 Vocabulary

7. effect, this causes currents to move in a circular patterns.
8. nino, when surface water in the Western Pacific Ocean is warmer than normal.
9. the movement of water into the ground from the surface.
10. nina, when surface water in the Eastern Pacific Ocean is colder than normal.
13. the process in which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into a gas.
15. the process by which water is lost through a plant’s leaves.
17. a river formed by small streams of water joining together.
19. a ridge on the surface of a body of water caused by wind.

1. any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches earth’s surface.
2. the change in state from a gas to a liquid.
3. rock that allows liquids or gases to pass through it.
4. the amount of salt in something; the quality of being saline.
5. a long & high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance.
6. a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.
7. a large stream of moving water that flows through oceans.
11. water that fills spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
12. cycle, moves water between the atmosphere and earth’s surface by using energy from the sun and the force of gravity.
14. the weather conditions in a specific area or region.
16. the change in state from solid to gas.
18. table, the level below which the ground is saturated with water.