This is the top level of water, which can rise and fall depending on weather conditions.
What is the water table.
200
Changing of water vapor to liquid water.
What is condensation?
200
This is a cloud at ground level.
What is fog?
200
The name for rain or melted snow that soaks into the ground.
What is groundwater?
300
The measure of how salty water is.
What is SALINITY?
300
Of all the water on Earth, this percent is fresh water.
What is 3%?
300
Substances falling from clouds.
What is precipitation?
300
When air moves upward to areas of less air pressure, these often form.
What is clouds?
300
A reason the water table level might become higher or lower.
What is water is pumped out of the aquifer faster than it's replaced? (lower)
What is there is a drought? (lower)
or
What is water is added by rain or melted snow? (higher)
400
This moves warm water from the Carribean Sea to the North Atlantic Ocean.
What is THE GULF STREAM?
400
This amount of Earth's fresh water is frozen into ice.
What is 7/10 or 70%?
400
Ice changing into water vapor without first melting.
What is sublimation?
400
This type of cloud often causes thunderstorms.
What is a thunderhead?
400
This cloud is a high altitude cloud and appears thin, wispy, and white.
What is a cirrus cloud?
500
About ____% of the Earth is covered by water.
What is 75%?
500
Frozen water is not salty for this reason.
What is when water freezes, the salt crystals are pushed out?
500
These are the 4 types of precipitation.
What is rain, snow, sleet, and hail?
500
These are the names of the four types of clouds.
What is stratus, thunderheads, altocumulus, and cirrus?
500
Cities and twons treat water fefore sending it to homes for this reason.
What is to filter out harmful chemicals and bacteria?