The Water Cycle
Liquid or frozen water that falls to the Earth
What is precipitation?
The highest mountain peak above sea level
What is Mt. Everest?
The percentage of water on the Earth that is fresh water
What is 3%?
This describes how far above sea level a landform is
What is elevation?
All of the water on the planet, including ice caps, glaciers, surface water, and water vapor
What is the hydrosphere?
Fresh water that is stored beneath the Earth's crust
What is groundwater?
Place your bet. Bets can be 0 points up to your team's total points. Correct answers will earn the points that were wagered. Incorrect answers will lose the points wagered.
Why does the total amount of water on the Earth not change?
The change of water vapor into liquid water
What is condensation?
This is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. It is located in the Pacific Ocean near the Philippines.
What is the Mariana Trench?
The majority of fresh water on the planet is found here
What are ice caps and glaciers?
Water that does not contain high levels of salt or minerals and is safe for human consumption
What is fresh water?
The rocks and minerals, landforms, and soil. All layers of the Earth, from the crust to the inner core
What is the lithosphere?
Precipitation that is harmful to the environment due to the high levels of poisons caused by pollution
What is acid rain?
What is evaporation?
This mountain is the tallest on land, despite the peak being lower than Mt. Everest.
What is Denali?
20% of fresh water is found here
What is groundwater?
Huge, slow-moving ice sheets that cover the land
What are glaciers?
Where life is found on Earth. Extends from the atmosphere to the lithosphere and into the hydrosphere.
What is the biosphere?
DAILY DOUBLE
What are the four forms of precipitation?
100 points for each correct answer
When water falls onto landforms or bodies of water, percolates into the Earth, or becomes runoff.
What is collection?
It is deeper than any other landform is tall
What is the Mariana Trench?
The majority of water on Earth is type of water
What is salt water?
Excess water that flows over land and collects into lakes, rivers, and other bodies of water
What is runoff?
The protective layer of gases that surrounds the Earth
What is the atmosphere?
This is the cause of evaporation
What is heat from the sun or other sources?
When water evaporates from the leaves of plants
What is transpiration?
The tallest mountain on Earth that is mostly underwater.
What is Mauna Kea?
Complications from doing this can include dehydration, kidney strain, nausea, and even death
What is drinking too much salt water?
The process of removing salt and other minerals from seawater, making it safe for human consumption
What is desalination?
The atmosphere is made of 78% this gas
What is nitrogen?
This is the cause of condensation
What is the cooling of water vapor?