What fraction of water covers the Earth's surface?
3/4
100
An increase in temperature can cause liquid water to…….
water vapor
100
A decrease in temperature may cause water to change from……. (2 word answer)
liquid to a gas
100
About how much of the total water on Earth is salt water?
97%
100
This image describes what?
Water Cycle
200
Complete the statement:
About _______ fresh water and ________ saltwater.
3% fresh water and 97% saltwater.
200
Why is water important?
it's necessary for life
200
Which water cycle process is rain?
precipitation
200
This image describes what?
Eutrphication
300
During the summer, the warm surface water of a lake does not mix with the cooler water underneath. In the fall, though, this warm layer cools and sinks. This sinking is part of lake…...
turnover
300
Which water cycle process forms clouds?
condensation
300
What does Divides separate?
Drainage Basins
300
In a pond, an increase in nutrients may cause large amount of algae to grow. This increase is part of what process?
Eutrophication
300
Place label the image in ORDER from left to right with the following words:
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
condensation, precipitation, evaporation
400
What surface water from precipitation and streams fills low parts of land?
lakes
400
What collects water and moves beneath the Earth's surface?
groundwater
400
What are bodies of surface water called? (2 words)
lakes and ponds
400
Where are most of Earth's water found? (2-words)
Glaciers and Icebergs
400
Describe the picture as permeable or impermeable
impermeable
500
Groundwater that flows onto Earth's surface because the land in this location is called…...
a spring
500
Precipitation that has become part of an aquifer is an example of…...