Hydrosphere
What is the hydroshere?
the total amount of all water on earth
Humans create _____________, a man made lake to create ____________ for water for later use?
Reservoir- Storage
What are 4 different ways of erosion we talked about?
Wave erosion, river erosion, glacier, and acid rain
Giant sheet of slow moving ice
Glacier
What percent of your brain is water?
75%
Water covers about what percent of the Earth's surface
71%
rapid, dense growth of algae in water bodies caused by excess nutrients (fertilizers from farms/pollution)
Algae Bloom
What type of erosion is the process where running water wears away the dirt and rocks along a river's bed and banks, carrying those tiny pieces downstream
River erosion
The movement of weathered rock to a new location?
Erosion
What percent of your lungs is water?
90%
What percent of the earth's water is salt water?
97%
What is one things humans can do to make sure water is clean to drink?
Boil for 3 minutes
Create water filters
What is one thing that can be created with wave erosion?
Beaches, Cliffs, Caves, land bridges
Rain, snow, or fog that is mixed with harmful pollution
Acid Rain
the Mariana Trench is almost 7 miles deep
Most FRESH water is in the form of what?
ICE
What is one way humans impact water negatively?
Pollution
Over use
True or False speed matters- The faster a river flows, the more dirt and rock it can carry. When it slows down, it drops or "deposits" these materials, creating beaches or deltas
True- the faster it goes the more powerful the water is
___________________ drops material in a different location
Deposition
What is one interesting fact about water when it freezes?
It becomes lighter and floats
3 types or ways we get our usable water?
Ground water- Wells
Running water- city water
Standing water- lakes, ponds, reservoirs
_____________________ causes acid rain
Pollution
What is usually formed at the end of a river by the dropping of sediment. It is usually in the form of a triangle?
Hint (Greek Letter)
Delta
What causes a flood plain?
A flood, or too much water
True or False? Water we drink today might have been drank by a dinosaur.
True- because of the water cycle, water is always recycled.