Week 3 Vocab

Solid: retains a fixed volume and shape

Liquid: assumes the shape of the part of the container which it occupies
Gas: assumes the shape and volume of its container
Condensation: the conversion of a vapor or gas to a liquid.
Precipitation: rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground.
Transpiration: essentially evaporation of water from plant leaves.
Runoff: the draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an
area of land, a building or structure, etc.
Infiltration: the process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil
Evaporation: when liquid turns into gas
P!sical Propert!: properties of a system can be used to describe its transformations or
evolutions between its momentary states.
Ce"ical Propert!: any of a material's properties that becomes evident during a chemical
reaction
#desion: The force of attraction that causes two different substances to oin
Coesion: molecules causes drops to form in liquids
$ensit!: the degree of compactness of a substance
p%: a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution
Surface Tension: the tension of the surface film of a liquid caused by the attraction of
the particles in the surface layer by the bul! of the liquid
Specific %eat Capacit!: the heat required to raise the temperature of the unit mass of a
given substance by a given amount
&res'ater: of or found in fresh water" not of the sea.
Salt'ater: water from the ocean
S'a"ps: an area of low#lying, uncultivated ground where water collects" a bog or marsh.
potic (one: sunlight $one is the depth of the water in a la!e or ocean that is exposed to
sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to occur
bat!l (one: is the portion of a la!e or ocean where there is little or no sunlight. %t is
formally defined as the depths beyond which less than &' of sunlight penetrates.
ab!ssal (one: is the abyssopelagic layer or pelagic $one that contains the very deep
benthic communities near the bottom of oceans.