Conservation
Distribution of Water
Freshwater Sources
Earth's Systems Interactions
Pollution
100
Less than 3% of the water on Earth is usable by humans
What is why we should conserve, clean, and protect freshwater.
100
97% of Earth's water is this
What is salt water?
100
The most common and most abundant source of freshwater
What are glaciers?
100
This kind of water can change landforms
What is flowing, or running, water?
100
This type of rain can be created by burning fuels that mix into the water cycle
What is acid rain?
200
2 ways that we can conserve water every day
What are:
take short showers
turn off faucet when brushing teeth
200
Freshwater is trapped in these 2 solid sources
What are glaciers and icecaps?
200
These are 3 sources of usable freshwater
What are rivers, aquifers, and reservoirs?
200
These are two things that can happen when water interacts with rock formations
What are canyons can form and sediments are formed?
200
These are ways that farming pollutes
What are: the use of fertilizers and insect repellent/killer?
300
Human-made objects that help to store water
What are dams?
300
This is only a small fraction of the total amount of this kind of water on Earth
What is freshwater?
300
This is why groundwater is important
What is groundwater seeps into the ground and helps plants to grow
300
All liquid and solid water on Earth is part of this system
What is the hydrosphere?
300
This is what polluted water can do to living things
What is harm them?
400
This is why it is important that we clean, conserve, and protect our freshwater sources
What is because there is only a small fraction of freshwater compared to all the water on Earth?
400
According to this graph, this is the percentage of USABLE freshwater
What is 31.4% of all freshwater which is 2.5% of all water on Earth?
400
This is the Earth's way of recycling water
What is the water cycle?
400
When groundwater seeps into the ground, it is an example of how these 3 spheres interact with each other
What are the hydrosphere, geosphere, and biosphere?
400
This is an occurrence that happens when a hurricane creates large waves in the ocean
What is a storm surge?
500
This is the biggest reason that we need to conserve water
What is freshwater is limited and needed by everyone
500
Of all of Earth's fresh surface water, this is the most abundant
What are lakes?
500
This is why glaciers are important
What is the majority of Earth's freshwater is trapped in glaciers?
500
This is the process water follows as it is recycled through the atmosphere (give all 3 steps)
What is the water cycle? What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
500
This is a way that pollution damage can be repaired
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