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5th Grade Science
Chapter 4 - Earth's Water
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5th Grade
11/18/2011

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ocean
Definition
large body of non-fresh salt water
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fresh water
Definition
water that contains little or no dissolved salts often found in ice caps, glaciers, aquifers, rivers, and lakes
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evaporation
Definition
process of a liquid turning into a gas
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water vapor
Definition
invisible, colorless, tasteless gas
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glacier
Definition
large body of ice
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condensation
Definition
process of water vapor changing to liquid water (often into a cloud high in the atmosphere)
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fog
Definition
a cloud that forms near the ground
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precipitation
Definition
water that falls from the air to the ground (non-frozen rain, or frozen snow, sleet, and hail)
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water cycle
Definition
continuous movement of water between Earth's surface and the air as it changes forms
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reservoir
Definition
man-made lake used to store water
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dam
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structure that blocks and stores water across a stream or river
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aquifer
Definition
underground layer of rock or soil capable of absorbing water
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groundwater
Definition
water under the Earth's surface
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watershed
Definition
an area of land that drains into the same specific river, lake, ocean, etc.
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contaminate
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to pollute or dirty something (such as water)
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reclamation
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to recycle or make usable again
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aqueduct
Definition
man-made channel to transport water long distances
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conservation
Definition
to save (such as water)
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