Water Cycle
The main source of energy in the water cycle.
What is the sun?
a supply of water
What is reservoir?
The body of water that is salt water.
What is the ocean?
A thick mound of ice that forms on top of land from many years of snowfall
What is a glacier?
What is freshwater?
The continuous movement of water on Earth.
What is the water cycle?
the 2 types of water on Earth
What is salt water and fresh water?
The percentage of water that is saltwater
What is 97%?
They consist of frozen water and snow in the form of ice and are found in the water instead of over the land.
What is polar ice caps?
Only _____% of Earth's water is fresh water
What is 3%?
The 3 steps of the water cycle.
What is precipitation, evaporation and condensation?
What is 71-75%?
Formed when salt from rocks dissolves in water
What is saltwater?
Glaciers make up ________% of the Earth's water.
What is 2%?
Liquid freshwater
What is lakes, rivers, streams and groundwater?
The process that forms clouds when water vapor cools and turns into liquid droplets.
What is condensation?
What is the water planet?
True or False: The oceans are really just one big ocean.
What is true?
Polar caps and glaciers have this in common
What is they both consist of frozen water?
What are lakes and rivers?
When water flows over the land and collects in rivers, lakes, and oceans.
What is runoff?
The layers of rocks and soil that can hold large quantities of water.
What is aquifers?
The process of removing salt from seawater that is very expensive.
What is desalination?
Most of the freshwater is tied up in these
What are glaciers and ice caps?
water located beneath the surface of the Earth
What is groundwater?