vocabulary
water basics
lakes
the water cycle
technology n' things
100
Water that runs off the land into other bodies of water
What is run-off?
100
The part of the Earth that is made of water
What is the Hydrosphere?
100
A body of water surrounded by land
What is a lake?
100
Source of energy that drives the water cycle
What is the Sun?
100
A term that refers to the everyday use of things
What is practical?
200
A mass of slowly moving ice formed on land?
What is a Glacier?
200

The amount of water that covers the Earth's surface

What is 70%?

200
Lake Superior, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan,Lake Ontario, Lake Erie
What are the Great Lakes?
200
Several forms of liquid water or ice that falls from clouds
What is Precipitation?
200
Science for practical use or applied Science
What is technology?
300
Visible water vapor
What are Clouds?
300
The water people cannot use for practical purposes?
What is salt water?
300
collapsed volcano, glaciers, wind, rivers, people, animals, crust movement
What is how lakes are formed?
300
Water in a gas state turning into a liquid, just like a sweating can of cold pop on a summer day
What is Condensation?
300
internet, email, cell phones... these things makes this so much easier
What is Communication?
400
A layer of sediment or rock through which water moves
What is Aquifer?
400
Huge fish that are evading the Great Lakes
What are Asian Carp?
400
Too many of these will take too much oxygen out of a lake and 'kill' the lake
What are algae blooms?
400
A way to balance out evaporation during the water cycle
What is condensation?
400
West to east
What is the direction of water flow?
500
The action of water soaking into the ground to create groundwater
What is Infiltration?
500
A term that refers to all water systems connecting to each other
What is a watershed?
500
fishing, transportation, recreation
What are things the Great Lakes are used for?
500
Water evaporating through leaves of plants
What is Transpiration?
500
To save our drinking water, to keep people and animals living and healthy; to have a sustainable environment
What are reasons why people should care how they impact Earth?
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