Applied Science: Chapter 11

Question	Answer
Water Cycle	Movement of Water
Groundwater	Sinks into the ground.
Runoff	Surface water that flows over the land and into streams and rivers.
Porpous	Water that can sink into the ground and has spaces between its particles.
Water Table	The top of this wet earth layer.
Geysers	Ground water that shoots water and steam into the air from out of the ground from a natural spring.
Sinkhole	Are funnel-shaped.
Ponds	Are formed when sinkholes fill with groundwater and rain.
Tributaries	Rivers that join other rivers.
Drainage Basin	The land area in which runoff drains into a river and its tributaries.
Divides	Ridges that separate drainage basins.

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