The Water Cycle
Series of processes by which water moves through the hydrosphere.
What is the water cycle?
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Water is the only substance that exists in these three states.
What is solid, liquid, and gas?
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A water molecule is __ because it has a slight charge at each end.
What is polar or polarity?
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High turbidity can affect ___ feeding organisms.
What is filter- feeding?
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This percent of on Earth is just water.
What is 70%?
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Gravity moves water from ___ to ____ areas.
What is higher, lower?
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Happens when thermal energy is added to ice.
What is melting?
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A water molecule is made up of ___ oxygen atom.
What is one?
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Strong __ can be harmful to people and life.
What is acids?
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Ice or water in a solid state is deposited into these.
What is glaciers or ice caps?
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Water from precipitation that flows over Earth's surface.
What is runoff?
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When water vapor molecules lose thermal energy, ___ occurs.
What is condensation?
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Substances important to life processes are ____ in water.
What is dissolved?
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Coral reefs can die when the temperature goes up by this much.
What is 2 degrees Celsius?
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Water beneath the surface.
What is groundwater?
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Plants transpire when this happens.
What is air temperatures increase?
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It takes ___ energy for molecules at the surface to break free.
What is less energy?
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Attractions cause the ___ and ___ to break apart in water.
What is sodium and chloride?
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When algae dies, oxygen levels in water do this.
What is decrease?
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Clouds are tiny droplets of this.
What is water or ice crystals?
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Most water remains in storage areas for ___ periods of time.
What is long?
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Evaporation occurs only at this.
What is the liquid's surface?
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Plants makes water molecules do this to cells.
What is stick?
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Tool used to measure turbidity.
What is a Secchi disk?
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Earth's frozen water.
What is cryosphere?
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