EVAPORATION/
CONDENSATION
CONDENSATION
Cloud weigh ____ of pounds
Raindrops take ___ minutes to reach the Earth
2 minutes!
My favorite color is...
I am going into my ___ year of college
Yellow
Second
The water cycle is also known as the _____ cycle.
The hydrologic cycle
The Bellaire City Library opened in:
1951
Solid -> gas is known as...
___ is the most common form of runoff
Roughly ___% of the Earth's water is salty.
97%!
The Sun!
T or F: There are more public libraries than Starbucks in America.
True!
The temperature at which condensation occurs is called the __ _____.
the dew point.
Most fresh water on our planet is stored in....
Glaciers/ice caps.
Producing a plastic water bottle takes ____ times the amount of water it takes to fill it!
3!
The water has been active for _____ years.
Almost 4 billion!
The Bellaire Baseball Team has won _ state championships?
7!
Each day, the Sun evaporates a ____ tons of water!
Trillion
What type of bond holds water molecules together?
*150 bonus points if you can tell me what makes up a water molecule OR what some properties of water are
Hydrogen bonds
- 2 hydrogen atoms, one oxygen
- capillary action, cohesion, adhesion, surfaace tension
Name two things we use today discovered by Isaac Newton
Gravity, calculus, binomial theorem, speed of sound, laws of cooling, three laws of motion.
Why does ice float?
Water expands as it freezes/ice is less dense than liquid water.
Who can most accurately guess Bellaire's population?
17,200 - 17,500
~90% of atmospheric moisture comes from the ocean and surface evaporation. Where does the remaining ~10% come from?
Plant transpiration!
The molecular structure of ice is called a ____ structure.
Lattice bonds
Who can give me the closest definition of what calculus is/the study of?
50 gallons!!
Let's count!