H2Oh No! Vocabulary
Word
absorbed
algae
aquifers
asphalt
atmosphere
buffer
buffer zones
cancerous
condensation
curfew
discharge
erosion
evaporated
evaporation
exhaust
filtered
generates
groundwater
impervious
infiltration
molecules
precipitation
runoff
sewage
toxins
tumors
watershed
Definition
Taken in through thin openings on the surface
Very small one-celled plants that often grow in colonies
Underground layers of rock and soil that hold groundwater
A water-proof brown-blackish material used in paving
The mass of air surrounding the Earth
An land barrier that separates a wildlife area from homes or other kinds of
development
Land barriers that separate wildlife areas from homes or other kinds of
development
Filled with cancer, a disease in which cells multiply quickly in strange ways
The process through which water vapor in the air changes into a liquid
A rule that all people have to be off the streets by a certain hour, usually at night
Release water
The wearing away of land surfaces by wind and water
Changed from a liquid to a vapor
The process of changing from a liquid to a vapor
Gases that car engines throw out as waste products
Captured sediments and pollution while allowing the water to pass through
Makes or produces
Water that exists below the Earth’s surface
Not allowing another substance to pass through
The process of water moving from the surface into the Earth
Very small particles of water which are made up of two atoms clinging together
Rain, snow, sleet, hail, or mist that falls to the Earth
Precipitation that is not absorbed by the soil, but flows into streams or other
surface water
Used water and waste materials
Poisons
Abnormal tissue growths caused by the overgrowth of cells
An area of land that drains into a specific body of water
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