The Water Cycle
Surface Water
Surface Water
Groundwater
Using Freshwater
100
the continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back
What is the water cycle?
100
the streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river
What are tributaries?
100
a land that is covered all of or part of the year
What is a wetland?
100
any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
What is an aquifer?
100
the process of supplying water to an area of land to make them suitable for growing crops
What is irrigation?
200
the three major steps of the water cycle
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
200
the land area that supplies water to a river system
What is a watershed?
200
three common types of wetlands
What are marshes, swamps, and bogs?
200
the area of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled or saturated with water is the ...
What is the saturated zone?
200
the practice of using less of a resource, so it won't be used up
What is conservation?
300
four types of precipitation
What is rain, snow, hail, and sleet?
300
a place where an organism lives and obtains all things it needs to survive
What is a habitat?
300
percentage of Earth's water that is salt water
What is 97%?
300
the layer of rocks and soil above the water table
What is the unsaturated zone?
300
a specific source of pollution that can be identified
What is point source?
400
during the process of evaporation, liquid water changes to a gas called ...
What is water vapor?
400
generally smaller and shallower than a lake
What is a pond?
400
most fresh water is locked up in this
What is a glacier?
400
the top of the saturated zone
What is the water table?
400
the substances that cause water pollution
What are pollutants?
500
the loss of water from parts of plants
What is transpiration?
500
a lake that stores water for human use
What is a reservoir?
500
water that fills cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ...
What is groundwater?
500
a type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
What is a geyser?
500
4 uses of water
What are household purposes, industry and transportation, agriculture, and recreation?
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