Water Cycle
Water, Water Everywhere
Rivers, Lakes, and Ponds
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FOOD
100
The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state.
What is Evaporation.
100
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.
What is Groundwater.
100
The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river.
What is Tributaries.
100
An organism that can make its own food and is the food for a consumer.
What is a producer.
100
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
What is Food chain.
200
Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
What is Precipitation.
200
What percent of the Earth's surface is covered by salt water?
97%
200
The land area that supplies water to a river system.
What is Watershed.
200
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms.
What is a consumer.
200
Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
What is Food web.
300
Water vapor (a gas) that cools and changes into a liquid.
What is Condensation.
300
A small amount of water that remains on the surface after it precipitates which then travels into lakes, oceans, rivers, and ponds.
What is Runoff.
300
Define a pond.
- Shallow water - Plants grow throughout - Smaller than a lake
300
Organisms that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms and return raw materials to the ecosystem.
What is a decomposer.
300
A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
What is Energy pyramid.
400
The process in which water is given off through leaves as water vapor.
What is Transpiration.
400
What ocean is the largest?
Pacific.
400
Define a lake.
- Larger than a pond - Deeper than a pond - Sunlight does not touch the bottom in the middle
400
What level of consumer would directly eat a producer?
What is Primary consumer.
400
Where is the most energy found in a food pyramid?
The bottom.
500
The continuous process by which water moves from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back.
What is The water cycle.
500
Name 2 ways in which a pond or lake can be formed.
- Humans - Volcanoes - Earthquakes - Glaciers - Oxbow Lake
500
People can create a lake by building a dam. A lake that stores water for human use is called a___________.
Reservoir.
500
Given 3 examples of a tertiary consumer.
Examples: Fox, bear, panther, lion, wolf, human.
500
About how much energy is converted to heat at each step in an energy pyramid? 30%, 50%, 70%, or 90%
90%
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