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Water science flashcards covering the water cycle, aquifers, and water properties for Grade 7.
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This 20-card flashcard set covers water science and hydrology for 7th Grade students. Topics span water properties (polarity, surface tension, heat capacity), the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation), and groundwater systems (aquifers, watersheds, wetlands). Use it for vocabulary review, homework support, or exam preparation in earth science.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Earth Science
Grade Level:
7th Grade
Updated February 2025

Terms in This Set

  • A molecule that has electrically charged areas
  • The tightness across the surface of water that is caused by polar molecules pulling on one another.
  • A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another.
  • A substance that does the dissolving
  • The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of certain mass of a substance by 1*C.
  • The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to the gaseous state.
  • The process by which a gas changes to a liquid
  • The process by which plants use water, along with carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make their own food.
  • The place where an organism lives and obtains things to survive.
  • Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
  • A continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
  • Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet.
  • The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river
  • The land area that supplies water to a river system
  • A lake that stores water for human use
  • Over many years, nutrients build up in the lake in this process.
  • An area that is covered with shallow layer of water during some or all of the year.
  • Any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water.
  • Water rises because of pressure within an aquifer
  • The area of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled, or saturated, with water.

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