Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Freshwater
Saltwater
Miscellaneous
100
The pattern of water moving on earth from the ocean, to the sky, to rain, to a river, and back to the ocean
What is the water cycle?
100
The phase of the water cycle in which dew forms
What is condensation?
100
The most likely source of water for the well
What is an aquifer?
100
The approximate percentage of Earth's surface covered by the oceans
What is about 75%?
100
The main reason ocean water is difficult to use as a resource
What is salt?
200
A slowly moving body of ice on land
What is a glacier?
200
The process represented by the letter A
What is evaporation?
200
Important ecosystems that can remove pollutants from the water
What are wetlands?
200
Earth's main water storage and the primary source for water in the water cycle
What is the ocean?
200
The sample that could be ice
What is sample 1?
300
A swirling movement that moves ocean water around the globe
What is circulation?
300
The process shown by this diagram
What is evaporation?
300
A human-made place to store water
What is a reservoir?
300
Earth's oceans are connected to freshwater bodies by ______.
What is the water cycle? (evaporation, condensation, and precipitation)
300
The four types of precipitation
What is rain, hail, sleet, and snow?
400
The amount of salt dissolved in water
What is salinity?
400
The process shown by arrow 1
What is condensation?
400
The best source of drinking water
What is groundwater?
400
_____ carry warm water to the poles.
What are currents?
400
The form(s) water can have at different phases of the water cycle
What is solid, liquid, or gas?
500
An underground water supply
What is an aquifer?
500
The water cycle is driven by energy from _____.
What is the sun?
500
The percentage of Earth's water that is freshwater
What is 2.5%?
500
The percentage of Earth's water that is saltwater
What is 97.5%?
500
Where all of Earth's water is located
What is the hydrosphere?