Water Cycle
Freezing water creates a solid known as ______
Ice
All the branches of water as if flows across a watershed to the ocean
River Systems
________% of Earth is covered in water
75%
Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin
3 Temperature Scales
Everything on this planet that takes up space is called___________
_________ have no definite volume
Gases
Streams and smaller rivers that join together to form a larger river
Tributary
The freezing point of water is _____________ degrees Celsius
Zero Degrees Celsius
_____________ energy is the energy an object has because it is moving.
_____________ energy is the energy an object has because it is not moving.
Kinetic and Potential
Solid, Liquid, Gas are the 3 states of ______________
Matter
Water that is __________ has a definite shape
solid
Swamps, marshes, and bogs
Wetlands
Waters boiling point is____________ Degrees Fahrenheit
212 Degrees Fahrenheit
___________ is energy transferred between two objects of different temperatures.
Heat
_____________ have minimal thermal energy due to slight movement of particles.
Liquids
The process of a molecule turning into a gaseous state
Evaporation
Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina Sound, Gulf of Mexico
3 Major Watersheds in VA
Insects can “walk on water” because of this
Cohesion
Molecules move ___________the higher the temperature.
Faster
_________ particles move rapidly
Gas
Causes dew to form in the morning
Breathing on a window
The process of a gas (water vapor) turning into a liquid
Condensation
Fresh river water empties into the salty waters of an ocean
Estuary
The property that holds molecules of a substance together is called____________-
Cohesion
Solids have ________ thermal energy due to little to no movement of particles.
Low
When water changes from a liquid state to a gas state
Evaporation