States of Matter
What is the type of matter that can be thought of as super energized gas?
Plasma
What is the term for an area of land where all water drains to the same place?
Watershed
What is the name of the watershed we are currently located in?
The Tulare Basin
What percent of the human body is made up of water?
60 percent
_______ is something present in the environment that is harmful or poisonous to living things
Pollution/Pollutant
Thermal energy
What are the two things that watersheds contribute to in the areas we live in?
Weather and climate
What is the name of the tribe that relied on water from the Tulare Basin for their customs and traditions?
Tachi Yokut Tribe
What are three things the human body uses water for?
Blood, Breathing, Sweating, Urine, Saliva/Pee, Sneezing, Digesting food (any 3)
What is one health effect or sign/symptom present when a person has drank polluted water?
Vomiting, Diarrhea, Disease, Cancer
Negative heat is an example of what kind of energy?
Cold energy
The amount of _______ in a watershed can cause an area to be wetter or drier
water
What are two things European colonizers did on the land they claimed?
Farming and mining
How many cups of water do humans need to drink each day?
6-8 cups
What is the term used to describe animals without a backbone?
invertebrates
What is the change of state of matter where gas becomes liquid?
Condensation
What is the term that describes what the temperature is like outside on a given day?
Weather
As settlement increased, lakes & wetlands began to _______ as the sources of water decreased.
dry up
What percent of water on earth is freshwater?
1 percent
What type of living things take in water through their skin or gills?
Fish and amphibians
What is the change of state of matter where liquid becomes gas?
Evaporation
_______ describes the weather conditions in a region over a period of time
Climate
Where do the Tachi Yokut Tribe currently live?
Santa Rosa Rancheria
What is the term that refers to when a person has not drank enough water?
Dehydration
What is the term used to describe animals with a backbone?
Vertebrates