In physics, chemistry and materials science, percolation (from Lat. percōlāre, to filter or trickle through) refers to the movement and filtering of fluids through porous materials.
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aquifer
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.
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Imperable Rocks
Fine-grained sedimentary rocks, like clay, although having gaps between the grains, like sandstone, have gaps that are so small that water can't flow through
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permable rocks
Permeable sandstone underground can store water.
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condensation
Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase.
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evaporation
Evaporation is a type of vaporization of a liquid that occurs from the surface of a liquid into a gaseous phase that is not saturated with the evaporating substance.
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An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock or unconsolidated materials from which groundwater can be extracted using a water well.
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aquifer
Card 3
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Fine-grained sedimentary rocks, like clay, although having gaps between the grains, like sandstone, have gaps that are so small that water can't flow through
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Card 4
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Permeable sandstone underground can store water.
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Card 5
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Condensation is the change of the physical state of matter from gas phase into liquid phase.
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