Vocab I
What is the process of liquid water changing into water vapor?
Evaporation
What is the circulation of water through the hydrosphere from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back?
The water cycle
Oceans push warm and cold _______________ around the planet.
Water
How could pollution from fertilizers in the Everglades be reduced?
Filters!
What is the average weather over a span of 30 years?
Climate
What is a storm system with strong thunderstorms and sustained winds of 119 to more than 252 kilometers per hour?
A hurricane
What is one way heat can move around the planet?
Ocean currents
Name a stage that a hurricane can fall under according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.
Answers will vary
What is the process of separating solid matter from a fluid by having the fluid pass through the pores of another substance?
Filtration
What is the process of water falling back to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?
Precipitation
How do oceans get salty?
Answers will vary
Hurricanes begin when _______________ makes the air above the ocean humid and warm.
evaporation
What occurs when water, a long with the substances carried in it, flow from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure?
Runoff
What is anything that can cause harm to the environment (pollution, deforestation, invasive species, overhunting, and climate change)?
Environmental threat
What percentage of water on Earth is salty?
97%
What is the weighing of human needs against the needs of the environment to create a sustainable way for humans to live off of natural resources?
Conservation
What are the conditions of the atmosphere (temperature, humidity, wind speed, air pressure, and precipitation) in a particular place at a time?
Weather
What are paths of flowing ocean water that push warm and cold water to the different parts of the planet?
Ocean currents
Most freshwater on earth is found in what source?
Ice caps and glaciers
Why would losing the Everglades be a problem?
They are an important part of the water cycle.