The Water Cycle
2 driving forces of the water cycle:
sun's energy
gravity
We live in the _____ _____ watershed.
Lake Erie
_________% of Earth's water is fresh
3%
Area of land that is saturated with water for part or all of the year
wetland
Name 2 ways water changed from a liquid to a gas:
evaporation
transpiration
Creeks, streams, and smaller rivers that flow into a main river:
tributary
Area of permeable sediment or rock that holds large amounts of water/ "underground river"
aquifer
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Name 1 importance of wetlands to people:
1- Filter out pollutants
2- Acts as a sponge and absorbs extra water to help prevent flooding
Fill in the equation:
____ + ____ = clouds
cooling temperatures + particles= clouds
High area of elevation that separates one watershed from another:
Divide
an area of land that drains runoff into a particular stream, lake, ocean, or other body of water
What is a watershed?
Most of Earth's freshwater is here:
glacier or ice caps
Name 1 importance of wetlands to the environment:
1- High amounts of nutrients and protection
2- Stopping point for migrating birds
Name 3 things that can happen to water after it falls as precipitation:
1- Runoff: flows across the surface of earth
2- Infiltration: soaks into the soil
3- Evaporates back into the atmosphere
4- Collects in the ocean, lakes, etc.
An area of LAND that drains runoff into a particular stream, lake, ocean, or other body of water
Watershed
How do we access groundwater?
wells
water is important to life because....(1 reason)
What is biological functions, keeps earth warm, or stabilizes earth's temp?
Which wetland?
Home to many tall grasses---this type of wetland is behind Westlake MS:
marsh
All water on Earth belongs to the system:
hydrosphere
Upper limit of the saturated zone
Water table
About 30% of freshwater is stored here
groundwater