Water Cycle
This process happens when liquid water heats up and turns into gas.
What is evaporation?
This sphere includes all water on Earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
This can push water vapor up a mountain.
What is wind?
In a gas, molecules are spread like this.
What is far apart?
This is one cause of water shortages caused by humans.
What is overuse?
This process happens when water vapor cools and turns back into liquid.
What is condensation?
This sphere includes all living things.
What is the biosphere?
As water vapor rises higher, the temperature gets this.
What is colder?
True or False: Evaporation happens when water cools.
What is false?
This is a cause of water shortages caused by lack of rain.
What is drought?
This is when water falls from clouds to Earth.
What is precipitation?
This sphere includes rocks, soil, and land.
What is the geosphere?
Water vapor turns into this when it cools in the atmosphere.
What is liquid?
Evaporation is caused by this change in temperature.
What is heating up/getting hotter?
True or False: Wastewater is NOT a cause of water shortage.
What is true?
This is when water flows over land into rivers, lakes, or oceans.
What is runoff?
This sphere includes the air around Earth.
What is the atmosphere?
When mountains block water vapor, this effect can occur.
What is the rain shadow effect?
True or False: Condensation happens when water molecules cool.
What is true?
This cause of water shortage happens when harmful substances make water unsafe to use.
What is pollution?
Name TWO processes that involve a change in temperature in the water cycle.
What are evaporation and condensation?
This Earth system is affected when people overuse water.
What is the hydrosphere?
Explain what happens to water on the West side of a Ferris Island mountain during the rain shadow effect. (3 things)
What is: it cools, condenses, and falls as precipitation?
In a solid, the molecules are spread like this.
What is tightly packed?
Explain why conserving water helps prevent water shortages.
What is: it reduces overuse and helps maintain available water resources?