Show:
The Water Cycle
River Systems
Groundwater
Conservation
Miscellaneous
100
Water that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, or hail
What is precipitation?
100
Streams and small rivers that feed into a main river are called ______
What is tributaries?
100
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is ________
What is groundwater?
100
Using less water is one way to practice water _____
What is conservation
100

A grassy area covered by shallow water is _____

marsh

200
evaporation, condensation, and precipitation
What is the water cycle
200
The land that supplies water to a river system is a ______
What is a watershed?
200
Materials that allow water to pass through them easily are called ____
What is permeable?
200

The area where most of the freshwater on Earth is located

glaciers and polar ice caps

200
A lake that stores water for human use
What is a reservoir?
300

The process that produces rain

What is condensation?

300
The Florida Everglades is an example of this type of landform
What is a freshwater marsh?
300
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
What is an aquifer?
300

How can we conserve water?

turn off the water when we brush our teeth, take a quicker shower, run the dishwasher/clothes washer only when it is full

300

A ridge of land that separates two watersheds is called a ____

divide

400
The percentage of Earth's water that is fresh
What is 3%?
400

The three types of wetlands are _________, __________, and ______

What are bogs, marshes, and swamps?

400
A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)
What is an artesian well?
400
The total amount of water on Earth is fairly constant- true or false?
What is true?
400

An area of land that is covered with a swallow layer of water during some or all the year is called a

wetland

500

The condensation of water vapor that combines with dust creates something what is it?

What is cloud formation?

500

As water moves slowly through a wetland, some waste materials settle out, some wastes are absorbed by plants.  In this way, wetlands act as natural

What is a filter?

500

The area of soil in which the pores are totally filled with water is called the ________ zone

saturated

500

When the demand for water is greater than the supply, the surrounding area experiences

water shortage

500

Plants release water in a process called transpiration.  Therefore, morning dew on a blade of grass contributes to which part of the water cycle?

evaporation