Water Cycle
The percentage of the surface of the earth that is covered by water
What is 71%
Place in the Pacific where water evaporates due to the sun.
What is the equator?
The smallest traditional Hawaiian unit of land division
What is an Ahupua'a?
The process by which rock and earth is worn away by water and wind.
What is erosion?
Kind of weather that travels north-east to south-west in the Hawaiian islands.
What is the wind?
The reason why ahupua'a were used as a form of land division.
What is watershed management/ watercycle management?
The gaseous form of water.
What is vapor?
Super-cooled precipitation that has not frozen
What is sleet?
Large, powerful storm that occurs in the Eastern Pacific (Near Mexico) above warm water
What is a hurricane?
The reason why Hawaiians felt that management of water was necessary.
What is water is necessary/vital for survival?
The reason solid water is less dense than liquid water
What is the structure of water molecules?
The measurement of the movement of particles
What is temperature?
Large, powerful storm that occurs in the Western Pacific (near the Philippines) near the equator
What is a typhoon?
The place where the ahupua'a begins.
Where/What are the mountains?
Extra rainwater that travels overground to end up in bodies of water
What is runoff?
The reason why snow only forms in the atmosphere in certain conditions.
What is dust/dirt (in the atmosphere/air)?
The phenomenon on Earth that causes the circular patterns of weather in the Pacific.
What is the Earth's rotation?
The ahupua'a Wahiawa Middle School is found in.
What is Wai'anae?