Glossary
A
- aqueduct
- - Bridge or tunnel that conducts water over a long distance
- aquifer
- - Underground layer of water
- atmosphere
- - Gaseous layers that surround the earth
C
- civilization
- - A group of people with a developed culture
- compound
- - Two or more atoms joined together chemically
- condensation
- - The change of a gas to a liquid
- conduct
- - To carry - as in electricity
- conservation
- - To prevent waste
- constitutes
- - Is made up of
- contaminated
- - Dirty or polluted
D
- digestion
- - The processes the body goes through to convert food to usable energy
- dissolve
- - To break up or reduce into small parts - or melt away
E
- evaporate
- - To change from liquid to a gas
F
- fertilize
- - Something that is added to soil to feed plants
- freshwater
- - Water that contains little to no salt
G
- generated
- - Created or made
- generation
- - Transforming other forms of energy into electrical power
- geyser
- - Hot water spring that sprays water periodically
H
- hurricane
- - Large storm that forms over the ocean
- hydrogen
- - A gaseous element - very plentiful in the universe
- hydropower
- - Electricity created using the pressure of stored water; also known as hydroelectric power
K
- kidney
- - Body organ that processes urine
L
- lubricate
- - To make slippery
M
- manufacture
- - To build or make, as in a factory
N
- natural resource
- - Anything in nature that can be used
O
- oxygen
- - A gaseous element needed for breathing
P
- parasite
- - An organism that lives off a host organism
- polluted
- - Contains materials that makes it unclean
- precipitation
- - Liquid that falls from the clouds - rain, hail, sleet or snow
- properties
- - Characteristics of an object or matter; size, smell, color, etc
R
- recreation
- - Activity done for fun or exercise
- reservoir
- - Man-made body of water stored for later use
S
- sanitation
- - keeping things clean or free from unhealthy materials
- states
- - Solid, liquid or gas
- surface tension
- - The attraction of liquid molecules to each other
T
- transporting
- - Moving objects from one place to another
- tsunami
- - Ocean waves created by earthquakes
U
- universal solvent
- - Water dissolves more minerals than any other matter
- urinary
- - The part of the body that gets rid of liquid waste
V
- volcanic
- - Related to a volcano
W
- water treatment
- - The process of cleaning drinking water - usually for a whole town or community
- water vapor
- - Water that has turned to a gas - steam
- watershed
- - The drainage system for a geographic area
