Vocabulary Words
Earth's Water
Water Cycle
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100

The amount of salt dissolved in water.

Salinity

100

What links the ocean to all fresh water bodies?

Water Cycle
100

What step of the water cycle forms clouds?

Condensation

100

Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

Precipitation 

200

The continuous movement of water on Earth.

Water Cycle

200

How much of Earth's water comes from the ocean?

96.5%

200

What powers the water cycle?

The sun

200

A series of events or processes that that repeats over and over

Cycle

300

The process in which a substance warms and changes from a liquid to a gas

Evaporation

300

What is it called when water is naturally held underground?

Aquifer

300

What does heat turn water into?

Vapor

300

A human-made place to collect and store water

Reservoir 

400

Spread out

Distribute

400

If a city has limited access to freshwater, what is something that they could build to help solve the problem?

Reservoir or a dam 

400

Which two features influence the temperature of the ocean?

The depth and the proximity to the equator 

400

A swirling movement

Circulation

500

Pattern of rising and falling water in the ocean

Tides

500

What is two ways to address the lack of human access to clean fresh water?

Build reservoirs and reduce water usage

500

Name the steps of the water cycle IN ORDER starting with Runoff

1. Runoff
2. Evaporation
3. Condensation
4. Precipitation 

500

The original or most important

Primary

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