Define precipitation, infiltration, runoff, capillary water, transpiration, evapotranspiration, percolation, gravitational water, groundwater, water table, aquifer, recharge area, seep, and spring
What will be an ideal response?
Precipitation: any form of water (snow, sleet, hail, rain) that falls from the atmosphere;
Infiltration: water that soaks into the ground;
Runoff: water the runs off the surface; a blue water flow;
Capillary water: water that "returns to the atmosphere either by way of evaporation from the soil or by transpiration through plants";
Transpiration: the green flow of water through plants;
Evapotranspiration: "the combination of evaporation and transpiration";
Percolation: water that infiltrates into the ground and trickles through the pores or cracks;
Gravitational water: "water that is not held in the soil" and moves downward "under the pull of gravity";
Groundwater: the accumulated water from gravitational water that has "encountered an impervious layer of rock or dense clay";
Water table: the upper surface of groundwater;
Aquifer: "layers of porous material through which groundwater moves";
Recharge area: "the area where water enters an aquifer";
Seep: a natural exit from groundwater where the "water flows out over a relative wide area";
Spring: "water exits the ground as a significant flow from a relatively small opening."
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