Bodies of Water
Fresh Water
California Water Sources
The Water Cycle
Clouds
100
Most of the Earth's water is here
What are oceans?
100
Almost all of the Earth's fresh water starts as this.
What is rain or snow?
100
The amount of this is limited and needs to be used wisely.
What is the California water supply?
100
The changing of liquid water to water vapor
What is evaporation?
100
This causes most clouds to form
What is rising air?
200
the level of the ocean's surface
What is sea level?
200
This melts to form much of California's fresh water
What is snow?
200
This can extend a water supply
What is recycling water?
200
The type of precipitation that occurs when the temperature between the cloud and the ground is warmer than 0°C
What is rain?
200
Low altitude clouds that cover the whole sky.
What are stratus clouds?
300
They carry in the salt in ocean water.
What are rivers?
300
A layer of rock that holds groundwater
What is an aquifer?
300
Using wastewater to water crops is an example of this.
What is recycling water?
300
provides energy for the water cycle
What is the sun?
300
These are in mid-altitude and look like small, puffy balls.
What are Altocumulus clouds?
400
This is made up of all the waters of Earth
What is the hydrosphere?
400
The top level of groundwater in an aquifer
What is the water table?
400
This part of California gets drinking water by piping it through a system of aqueducts
What is the southern coast?
400
Water that moves downhill towards streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is runoff?
400
These can extend from low to high in the atmosphere
What are thunderheads?
500
a measure of the amount of salt in water
What is salinity?
500
the land that water flows across or under on its way to a stream, lake, river, or ocean.
What is a watershed?
500
A system of pipes that carries water from a river or lake to an area where it is needed
What is an aqueduct?
500
Air cools and water vapor turns into small water droplets that form clouds.
What is condensation?
500
These are high altitude and are thin, wispy, and white
What are Cirrus clouds?
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