WORDS TO KNOW: Water
& Forests
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condensation - the process of changing
water vapor in the air to a liquid form
ecosystem - the interaction of
all biological and physical elements in a specific environment
evaporation - when water is taken
up into the air in a gaseous form
evapotranspiration - movement
of water from plants or from the soil by both evaporation and
transpiration
groundwater - any water naturally
found under the ground
infiltration - the process of
water soaking into the soil
photosynthesis - the process
plants use to make their food
sediment - tiny particles of
soil carried and deposited by water
streamside buffers - areas along
streams or rivers where trees and other plants are left to hold
the soil in place; they also act as filters for sediment
transpiration - the way a tree
breathes
watershed - all the land drained
by a stream and its branches, or by a river and its streams
water table - the surface level
of groundwater
wetlands - areas of land that
are wet all or part of every year |
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