Properties of Water
This property describes water molecules sticking to themselves.
The state of water that forms inside a freezer.
What is ice
The process where water vapor is released from plants.
What is transpiration?
This is the name of the top layer of an aquifer.
What is the water table?
This percentage of Earth's water is saltwater.
What is 97%
$200: Water has a high ________, meaning it absorbs large amounts of energy before heating up.
What is specific heat?
Sublimation turns Ice into ________
What is Water vapor
The process where water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
These are small streams that flow into larger rivers.
What is a tributary?
Too many nutrients in water cause harmful algae growth, a process called this.
What is eutrophication?
The negative charge of oxygen and positive charge of hydrogen in water make it this type of molecule.
Energy is released when water turns into this state.
What is Ice?
This term refers to water leaving the atmosphere and falling to the lithosphere.
What is precipitation.
The high ridges that separate different water sheds
What is a divide?
This government agency enforces the Clean Drinking Water Act.
What is the EPA?
This property explains why water sticks to other polar molecules.
What is adhesion?
The state of water found in rivers, lakes, and aquifers.
What is liquid
Water vapor becomes liquid water during this process, forming clouds.
What is condensation
Water stored between rocks underground is called this.
What is groundwater?
Adding toxins to water is an example of this type of pollution.
What is chemical pollution?
Water sticks to spider webs because of ________.
What is adhesion?
The state of water when energy is absorbed and water leaves the hydrosphere entering the atmosphere.
What is Gas or water vapor
The water cycle involves these four spheres: atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, and _______.
What is the biosphere?
A river's steepness is called this.
What is gradient?
What is the effect thermal pollution has on the animals who live in the water?
Their population will decrease.