Water Distribution on Earth
What percent of water on Earth is salt water and fresh water?
97% and 3%
Water that falls from the atmosphere and reaches Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail is
precipitation
Any harmful substance that affects Earth's resources is
pollution
When land near a body of water is flooded.
floodplain
All water on Earth is recycled through?
the water cycle
What are the 3 main sources of fresh water?
Glaciers & Ice caps, groundwater, and lakes, rivers, & swamps
The process of a gas changing into liquid is
a sometimes harmful increase in the amount of algae found in water is
algal bloom
The process of weathered rock moving from one place to another is:
erosion
Rivers, aquifers, lakes and reservoirs are:
freshwater sources
A covering of ice over a large area such as in the polar regions is:
Ice caps
The process of a liquid changing into a gas is
Evaporation
The practice of using resources wisely is:
conservation
The process of eroded materials being dropped off in another place is:
Deposition
What are the 4 agents of Erosion and Deposition?
Wind, water, waves, and ice
water stored in the cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks is
groundwater
An artificial lake built for storage of water is
a reservoir
What are the three R's?
Reuse, Reduce and Recycle
Rivers flow into larger bodies of water such as:
Lakes or oceans
Why do humans need to conserve freshwater?
Water that falls as precipitation onto Earth's surface flow downhill is
runoff
The process of water being stored on earth's surface, in the ground, or as water feature is
Storage
When gases, such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide (fossil fuels), are released into the atmosphere and mix with water it can produce
acid rain
What can happen when water interacts with rock formations?
a canyon forms
a sediment forms
What can occur when a hurricane causes lager waves in the ocean?
a storm surge