Changes of states
Water Cycle
% of water in an area
BONUS QUESTION
100
What is melting?
Solid to liquid
100
What is the definition of the water cycle?
The continual movement of water between oceans, land and water
100
What percent of Earth is covered in water?
70%
200
What is condensation?
Gas to liquid
200
Energy is constantly added and taken away from water. Sun is the most important force of the water cycle.
Why is the cycle of water possible? Why does it work? From what?
200
What percent of Earth’s water is in the ocean?
97%
300
What is solidification?
Liquid to solid
300
What is the importance of the water cycle?
It's how the earth's water recycles itself. It is also how water reaches plants, animals, and humans.
300
What percent of the oceans water are fresh?
3%
400
What is sublimation?
Solid to gas
400
Explain the water cycle. What happens to water during the cycle?
Ocean water evaporate into clouds. The clouds of water drift across the globe. Water precipitates down to ocean or land as rain, snow, etc. Water flows into river to oceans. The cycle begins again.
400
What percent of the world’s fresh water are available to us?
1%
500
What is deposition?
Gas to Solid
500
What is the most important part of the water cycle?
The sun
500
What percent of the north and south pole is “glacier ice”?
2%
500
Where are the largest sheets of ice found? (4)
Greenland, close to the North Pole, Antarctica, and the South Pole.
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