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What are polar molecules?
What is A molecule with electrically charged parts.
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How do wetlands help control flooding?
What is Extra runoff
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What is a drought?
What is A prolonged period of scarce rainfall.
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How is radar used?
What is Radar is used to track and measure the size of an approaching storm.
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Why doesn’t an artesian well require a pump?
What is Water rises through an artesian well because of underground water pressure from an aquifer.
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Where is 97% of the Earth’s water located?
What is In the oceans.
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What are the (3) processes of the water cycle?
What is Evaporation, Precipitation, and Condensation
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Water flowing swiftly is an example of what type of energy?
What is Kinetic Energy
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Define conservation
What is It is the process of using less of a resource so that it will not be used up.
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Explain why earth is called the “blue planet”.
What is Earth is called the “blue planet” because oceans cover nearly 71% of Earth’s surface.
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What is a watershed?
What is The land area that supplies water to a river system.
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Water has many unusual properties. Why?
What is Because water is a polar molecule.
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Define potential energy.
What is Stored energy that is waiting to be used.
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Why do engineers build dams?
What is Engineers build dams to generate hydroelectric power.
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What is desalination?
What is A process used to obtain fresh water from salt water.
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Why don’t plants normally grow on the bottoms of deep lakes?
What is There is not enough sunlight for photosynthesis to occur
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List the steps of the water cycle. Be specific.
What is Water evaporates into the air, Water condenses in the form of clouds, and Water falls to Earth’s surface as precipitation.
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Hard water contains high levels of which two minerals?
What is Magnesium and calcium
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We use 18 liters of water every minute we are in the shower. If someone uses 360 liters of water, how long was their shower?
What is 360÷18=20 minutes
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Why is chlorine added during water treatment?
What is In order to kill disease-causing organisms.
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What type of material (impermeable or permeable) would be best to use to hold water?
What is A permeable material.
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When can a large river be considered a tributary?
What is A large river can be considered a tributary if it feeds off an even larger main river.
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What are the three major sources of water pollution?
What is Human wastes, Industrial wastes, and Chemical runoff
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Why don't engineers build small dams?
What is because they are too expensive and do not produce much power.
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What does acid rain result from?
What is The burning of coal, oil, and gasoline.