Water Cycle
The main source of energy in the water cycle.
What is the sun?
Places to collect and store water.
What is reservoir?
The body of water that is salt water.
What is the ocean?
a slow moving body of ice on land
What is a glacier?
What is freshwater?
The continuous movement of water on Earth.
What is the water cycle?
The hydrosphere can be divided into two main sections
What is salt water and fresh water?
The percentage of water that is saltwater
What is 97%?
They consist of frozen water and snow in the form of ice and are found in the water instead of over the land.
What is polar ice caps?
Only _____% of Earth's water is fresh water
What is 3%?
The process where water evaporates into the atmosphere through plants and trees.
What is transpiration
Percentage of water on the Earth
What is about 70%
the amount of salt dissolved in water
What is salinity?
Glaciers make up ________% of the Earth's water.
What is 2%?
freshwater can be found here
What is lakes, rivers, wetlands?
The process that forms clouds when water vapor cools and turns into liquid droplets.
What is condensation?
Water is found in two places on Earth
What is in the air and underground
True or False: The oceans are really just one big ocean.
What is true?
a swirling motion that moves water around the globe is called
What is circulation?
This is created when water boils
What is steam?
When water flows over the land and collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is runoff?
Underground water supplies
What is aquifers?
Comparing the east coast to the west coast, which ocean surface water has a the higher salinity
What is Atlantic Ocean?
Most of the freshwater is tied up in these
What are glaciers and ice caps?
The important ecosystems that can remove pollutants from water
What are wetlands?