water facts
This is rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean?
The biggest source of salt water on Earth.
What is the ocean (or sea)?
The phase where the Sun's energy turns liquid water into an invisible gas called water vapor.
What is evaporation?
A large, natural, flowing fresh water source that usually empties into an ocean or lake.
What is a river?
A way that water helps prevent you from getting dizzy and tired.
drinking or hydration
This state of matter exists at the North and South Poles.
Two natural fresh water sources that flow downhill and eventually meet the ocean.
What are rivers and streams?
The main source of energy that powers evaporation in the water cycle.
What is the Sun (or solar energy)?
A very small, natural flowing water channel, often smaller than a river.
What is a creek (or stream)?
The process where water helps remove bacteria and plaque from your mouth.
hygiene
This is the approximate percentage of the Earth's surface that is covered by water.
75%
This large, frozen fresh water source holds about 70% of the world's fresh water.
What are glaciers (or ice caps)?
The process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere through their leaves.
What is transpiration?
A large body of water surrounded by land that is bigger than a pond and can contain either fresh or salt water.
What is a lake?
A way that water is used with soap.
What is cleanliness?
This occurs when something has no beginning nor end.
What is continuous?
A large body of water surrounded by land; it can be either fresh or salt.
What is a lake?
The process in which water droplets fall from the atmosphere in the form of rain, sleet, snow or hail.
precipitation
Water that bubbles up naturally to the surface from underground.
What is a spring?
Athletes use water for this purpose.
What is sport?
This is the source of all energy that causes evaporation, making it the driving force behind the entire water cycle.
What is the sun?
Water found in the tiny spaces of soil and rock underground, often accessed by wells.
What is groundwater?
When you take a cold can or glass of juice out of the refrigerator, you see tiny water droplets forming on the outside.
condensation
A large underground layer of rock or soil that holds a usable supply of groundwater.
What is an aquifer?
Water can be an important ingredient to add when cooking to make this.