Vocab
Evaporation
Is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change into gas
All living things need water in order to
carry out their body processes
You can observe tiny streams of water from melted snow. ______ causes these tiny streams to flow downhill
The sun
_________ is when water can easily pass through gravel and sand because of their large and connected pores
Permeable
Ocean warming is caused by: _____________________
The absorbing of excess heat
reservoir
a Lake that stores water for humans
An organisms _______ is the place where it lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive
Habitat
A river and all the streams and smaller rivers that flow into it together make up a __________
Water cycle
THe size of the pores and the ___________ between them determine how easily water flows
connections
Global warming causes an alteration in _______________
Evaporation, condensation and precipitation
aquifer
Any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow
water makes up __ of your body
2/3
The streams and smaller rivers that feed into main river are called tributaries True/false
True
The top of the ____________ is called the water table
saturated zone
Because of the rising global temp ____________ melt
Glaciers and ice sheets
transpiration
water is given off through the leaves as water vaper
____________________ contains 20% of the worlds freshwater lakes
North America's 5 great lakes
Watersheds are sometimes referred to as water houses
True/false
False, Drainage basins
In and ____________ water rises on its own because of pressure within an aquifer
Artesian well
There are an increase in flooding and storm surges and droughts and wildfires because of the changing _______
hydrosphere
divide
Streams on each side of the divide flow in different directions
The letter E in evaporation comes from the Latin word EX, meaning ____
When bacteria die, they release nutrients such as nitrogen and PHosphorus.
True/False
True
In some aquifers, ___________ becomes trapped between layers.
Groundwater
Ocean levels rise when ____ ice melts
LAnd