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The cycle in which Earth's water moves through the environment
Water Cycle
the cooling process by which a gas changes back into a liquid
condensation
Substances that are needed for survival
Nutrients
day to day changes in the atmosphere
Weather
What percentage of Earth's water is saltwater and freshwater?
97% saltwater, 3% freshwater
This is water that moves under the Earth's surface?
Ground water
If water cannot easily pass through soil, the soil is considered
impermeable
the gas form of water
Water Vapor
This is the process of water being soaked into the ground
Infiltration
True or False - The water you are drinking might be water from millions of years ago.
True
Weather patterns over a long period of time
Climate
Which water zone in soil is completely filled with water
Saturated zone
Name two forms of precipitation.
rain, hail, sleet, and snow.
When water vapor turns into a liquid it forms...
a cloud.
Tributaries are the river systems, watersheds are the land that hold/supply the tributaries
El Niño and La Niña are unusual wind patterns that cause variations in winter weather. In the Northern part of the US what would winter be like for both El Niño and La Niña?
El Niño: Warm, dry winter
La Niña: Cold, wet winter
The Coriolis effect causes Earth's currents to curve to a certain direction in the northern and southern hemispheres. What direction do the currents curve in each hemisphere?
Northern hemisphere: clockwise
Southern hemisphere: counterclockwise
What causes surface currents and what causes deep currents? (hint: there are two answers)
Surface currents: wind
Deep currents: density differences
Plants contribute to the water cycle through this process?
transpiration
Where is most of the water on Earth stored
What is Oceans
The energy source that drives the water cycle.
the Sun
The rate water moves through aquifers depends of what two things?
Slope of the water table
Permeability of the rocks/soil
Put the following steps of Eutrophication in order:
A. Oxygen is used up, Plants and animals die
B. Nutrients build up in water
C. Sunlight is blocked which stops photosynthesis
D. Thick layer of algae forms
E. Lake becomes shallower, and eventually a meadow
B. Nutrients build up in water
D. Thick layer of algae forms
C. Sunlight is blocked which stops photosynthesis
A. Oxygen is used up, Plants and animals die
E. Lake becomes shallower, and eventually a meadow
The process of condensation is when a gas turns into a ...
Liquid
The water cycle is driven by the sun and ______.
gravity
the heating process by which a liquid changes into a gas
Evaporation
The water cycle moves ____________.
continuously or never stops; repeats.
What is the process of water being carried from one surface to another
what is Runoff
when water vapor cools and turns into a liquid
condensation
Name a stage of the water that relates to each sphere of the Earth. (Hint: there are four spheres)
Biosphere: transpiration
Geosphere: runoff, infiltration
Hydrosphere: Evaporation, Collection
Atmosphere: Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation