The Water Cycle
Great Lake Characteristics (may use sheet from class)
Great Lakes Water Budget (may use sheet from class)
Sources of Water
Vocabulary
100
Water that leaves bodies of water and ends up in clouds undergoes _______________.
What is evaporation?
100
Which two of the Great Lakes have the same elevation?
What are Michigan and Huron?
100
What is the total runoff to Lake Erie?
What is .07?
100
97% of all the water on Earth is ______ water, and therefore can't be used for drinking water.
What is salt?
100
The underground layer of rock or sediments that holds water?
What is saturation zone or aquifer?
200
Water droplets that form on the bottom of clouds is called __________________.
What is condensation?
200
Which of the Great Lakes is the deepest?
What is Lake Superior?
200
What is the total evaporation from Lake Michigan?
What is 1.2?
200
In a groundwater system, soil, sand, and gravel are all type of (permeable/impermeable) material.
What is permeable?
200
Water not being able to be passed through.
What is impermeable?
300
Water that evaporates from leaves is called ______________________.
What is transpiration.
300
Which Great Lake has the largest drainage area?
What is Lake Huron?
300
What is the total flow through artificial diversions for Lake Superior?
What is 0.2?
300
The water table begins at the top of the (saturated/unsaturated) zone.
What is saturated?
300
The land area that supplies water to a river system.
What is the watershed?
400
Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all types of _______________.
What is precipitation?
400
Which Great Lake has the smallest lake area?
What is Lake Ontario?
400
What is the total flow through connection channels for Lake Ontario?
What is -1.3? (+5.8-7.1)
400
Why would a farmer's pesticides be an issue for a lake that is 5 miles away from the farm?
What is runoff can cause the pesticides to end up in the lake?
400
The top of the saturation zone.
What is the water table?
500
The process by which water travels around Earth is called the ________________.
What is water cycle?
500
Which lake has a retention time of six years?
What is Lake Ontario?
500
What are the two major sources of flow through connecting channels for Lake Huron?
What are the Straits of Mackinac and the St. Mary's River?
500
What are two types of impermeable ground material?
What are clay and solid rock?
500
Bodies of water that store water (such as a lake)?
What is a reservoir?
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