Water Geography
What is the largest body of water?
Pacific Ocean
1 pound
What chemical is used to kill germs and disinfect water?
Chlorine or Ozone
What activity uses the most water in your house?
Toilets (33 gallons per day)
What is the term to tell you how much water is in the air?
Relative Humidity
What is the Largest Lake in North America?
Lake Superior
How much does a gallon of water weigh?
about 8 pounds
Sounds travels faster through air or water?
Water!
About 10 gallons
How much of the Earth's surface is covered by water?
70 to 75%
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile River
Between 50 and 70%
What minerals are found in water that make it "hard"?
White crusty stuff builds up on your showerhead over time. What is it?
Minerals from the water like calcium and magnesium
What the difference between clouds, snow, and rain?
Clouds are water vapor in the air. Rain is falling liquid water and show is falling solid water.
Panama Canal
How long can a person survive without water?
3 days
What conducts heat better, air or water?
Water is 25 times more efficient at conducting heat.
Acids like vinegar
List at least 3 of the 5 types of precipitation?
Rain, sleet, hail, snow, freezing rain
What is the longest river in the USA?
Mississippi River
How much water should you drink in one day?
8 x 8 ounces or about 2L
Water can dissolve many things for living organism so it is often called the universal ____________.
Solvent
Name 5 things you can do to save water in your house?
Answers vary! Shorter showers, less flushes, don't leave the water on while brushing teeth, etc.
Thin layer of ice that forms on the roads that you can't see is called __________ ice.
Black ice