Hydrosphere
Water Cycle
Groundwater
Rivers
Extra Points
100
____ % of water is freshwater
What is 2.5% or 3%
100
The clouds become heavy and it rains or snows
What is precipitation
100
A hole that extracts water from aquifers
What is a well
100
The sides of a river are called ______
What is a bank/banks
100
All the water on earth is called _____
What is the hydrosphere
200
True or false? The amount of water on earth never changes
True
200
Water heats up and becomes water vapor
What is evaporation
200
When groundwater comes to the surface it comes out as a ______
What is a spring
200
Example of a source of a river
What is a mountainside/mountain
200
True or false? When seawater evaporates it loses its salt and becomes fresh water vapor
True!
300
When liquid water turns into solid water (ice)
What is freezing
300
Water flows into rivers and streams and empties into the ocean and sea
What is collection/runoff
300
Water that collects in underground basins and forms lakes
What is an aquifer
300
The area of land that is drained by a river
What is a catchment
300
People in deserts use _____ to extract water from underground
What is a well
400
When solid water turns into liquid water
What is melting
400
True or false? The water cycle has 3 main stages
False. It has 4 stages.
400
True or false? The water does not have to reach the ocean/sea before the water cycle begins again
What is false. The water MUST reach the ocean/sea before the water cycle begins again!
400
Area where a river can be joined by other rivers
What is a tributary
400
True or false? The Mediterranean Sea is a watershed.
True!
500
3 places where you can find freshwater
What are icecaps, rivers, lakes, groundwater and clouds
500
Vapor collects in the clouds and becomes water droplets
What is condensation
500
The body of water that a river finally flows into
What is a watershed
500
The last part of a river
What is the mouth?
500
2 ways we can conserve water
Vera decides answer
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