The Water Cycle
Water that soaks into the ground.
Groundwater.
The two types of water on Earth are:
Freshwater and saltwater
A bear eating berries in a cave is an example of which two spheres interacting?
Geosphere and biosphere
What kind of resources are things like sunlight, trees, and wind?
Renewable resources
Part of the water cycle where water falls from clouds in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Precipitation
What percentage of Earth's water is saltwater?
about 97%
Waves crashing on the coast is an example of which three spheres interacting?
Hydrosphere, geosphere, and atmosphere
What kind of resources are things like oil, coal, and natural gas?
Nonrenewable resources
In the water cycle on Earth, water can be found in the forms of:
solid, liquid, and gas.
What percentage of Earth's water is freshwater?
about 3%
What word means "destruction over time", such as when water freezes and expands, breaking rocks? (weathering/erosion/deposition)
Weathering
What is recycling?
Taking used items and turning them into something else.
The part of the water cycle where water in liquid form turns into a gas.
Evaporation
Where can you find most of Earth's freshwater locked away?
Ice caps and glaciers
What word means dropping sediments in a way that creates new landforms? (weathering/erosion/deposition)
Deposition
Name one way to conserve water.
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Part of the water cycle where the water vapor (gas) turns into liquid water.
Condensation
The hydrosphere covers what percent of Earth's surface?
75%
What word means the moving or removal of sediments? (weathering/erosion/deposition)
Erosion
Name one way to conserve energy.
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