Desalination
Water Problems
Fresh Water
Vocabulary
Random Water Facts
100
salt
What is removed from sea water during the process of desalination
100
salt water
Is there more fresh water or salt water on Earth
100
What is one of the main sources of fresh water besides surface water
groundwater
100
conservation
What is the careful use of a natural resource, like water, called
100
underground
In most cases, where is the water tale hidden
200
requires too much electricity
What is the problem of desalination before you get Brine
200
ice caps and glaciers
Where is some of the fresh water "locked away" in
200
2%
how much fresh water is in glaciers
200
a system of channels, pipes, tunnels that carry water
What is an aqueduct
200
The watery planet
Earth is often called what
300
coastal lands
Where are most plants operated to use the process desalination
300
too much electricity
What is the problem with desalination before you get brine
300
2%
How much water on Earth is fresh
300
a spring is a natural flow of water
What is a spring
300
3% of water is fresh water
How much water in the world is fresh water
400
Brine
What's a waste that can pollute groundwater and make water too salty for living things
400
Drought
What does California have that effects our fresh water supplies
400
glaciers and ice caps
Most of Earth's fresh water is locked up in what
400
resorvior
What is a place that collects and stores water
400
60-70%
How much percent of our body is filled with water
500
desalination
What turns water to water vapor
500
the ground shakes
What happens if you pump too much water from wells
500
35%
What percent of the rain and snow that becomes runoff that supplies lakes and rivers
500
well
What is a hole dug into the ground to provide a supply of drinking water is a
500
Hoover Dam
Which dam, on the Colorado River, provides water and electricity for much of Southern Caifornia
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