Water Pollution
Water Cycle
Climate
Water on Earth
CER
100
Pollution that comes from a single identifiable source.
What is point-source pollution?
100
Rain, snow, sleet, hail, and drizzle are labeled as this in the water cycle.
What is precipitation?
100
The long term patterns of precipitation and temperatures in a region.
What is Climate?
100
The percentage of water that is freshwater on Earth.
What is 3%?
100
The part of a CER that is a statement answering the question.
What is the claim?
200
Pollution that comes from multiple sources, sometimes remaining unidentifiable.
What is nonpoint-source pollution?
200
The process of water vapor cooling and forming clouds.
What is condensation?
200
The term that describes short-term atmospheric conditions.
What is Weather?
200
Most of Earth’s freshwater is stored here.
What are glaciers and ice caps?
200
Facts, data, or observations that support the claim.
What is evidence?
300
Excess nutrients from fertilizers can cause these harmful events.
What is an algal bloom?
300
Water soaking into the ground through pores in soil.
What is infiltration?
300
Latitude affects this because areas closer to the equator receive more direct sunlight.
What is Temperature?
300
The human activity that uses the most freshwater globally.
What is agriculture?
300
This explains why the evidence supports the claim.
What is reasoning?
400
This pollution source is dangerous because it enters waterways without being cleaned.
What is stormwater?
400
This type of aquifer can recharge directly from precipitation.
What is an unconfined aquifer?
400
Latitude, elevation, ocean currents, and proximity to water influence this...
What is Climate?
400
This aquifer supplies drinking water to most of Florida.
What is the Floridan Aquifer?
400
An educated guess.
What is a hypothesis?
500
This type of pollution caused a harmful algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee.
What is nutrient pollution?
500
This type of aquifer recharges through infiltration.
What is a confined aquifer?
500
This effect keeps Earth warm enough to support life.
What is The Greenhouse Effect?
500
The upper boundary of an unconfined aquifer. (Number 4 on the diagram.)
What is the water table?
500
Scientists will compare and contrast this in order to create a repeatable experiment and claim.
What is evidence?