Water Cycle
What provides energy to power the water cycle?
The sun
What amount of freshwater is available?
a very small amount, limited
What percent of the Earth's water is made up of the ocean?
97%
Define distribute
to spread out
The water cycle has no (______) or (_____)
start; end
Heat causes water to turn into?
water vapor
What is the lifeblood of organisms?
water
What percent of the Earth is water?
75%
Precipitation can fall as what four things?
rain, snow, sleet, or hail
Which university did Mrs. Colburn graduate from?
What process of the water cycle does 2 show?
condensation
What does this structure do for freshwater resources?
It collects and store water
Has a big percentage of the ocean been explored? Yes or no?
No, we have only explored less than 0.001% of the ocean
Define the word Salinity
What is Mr. Colburn's job?
Pest Control
What links the ocean to all of the freshwater bodies?
The water cycle
Where is most of the Earth's freshwater?
In the glaciers and the ice caps
How many named oceans are there?
5 named oceans: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, and Southern
Define water cycle
The continuous movement of water on Earth
What does the prefix "hydro" mean?
water
Starting with runoff, what are the steps of the water cycle?
use the words precipitation, evaporation, condenstation
runoff, evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
What two solutions address the lack of human access to clean water?
A. Reducing usage
B. Melting glaciers
C. Digging aquifers
D. Digging canals in wetlands
A. reducing usage & C. diffing aquifers
Which two features most greatly influence the temperature of the ocean?
A. Amount of salt in water
B. Depth of the water
C. Proximity of water to the equator
D. Amount of oxygen in water
B. Depth of water & C. Proximity of water to the equator
What is the title of this diagram?
Glacier, aquifer, permafrost, or saltwater
aquifer
Which Harry Potter House is Mrs. Colburn sorted into?
Ravenclaw