Quizlet
This is the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans.
What is the Hydrologic Cycle (water cycle)
This sphere stands for anywhere on Earth there is water
Hydrosphere
The step in the water cycle where water loses energy, cools down and turns back to into a liquid
What is condensation
Water can fall from the sky as precipitation. Names 3 different types of precipitation
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Hail
What 2 elements make up water.
What is hydrogen and oxygen H20
This is the area of land that is drained by a river system.
What is watershed
About 75% of Earth is covered with water. Approximately how much of Earth's water is freshwater?
What is 3%
The majority of water is salt water in the ocean. What step does water from the ocean enter the air and get rid of the salt that's in it?
What is during evaporation
Name the water word that refers to water in each state. (all 3 states)
What is water (liquid state) ice (solid state) water vapor (gas state)
Britas water pitcher, PURs sink attachment, and the LifeStraw are all examples of
What are water filters
This is pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific place. An example is pollution that reaches a body of water from streets and storm sewers.
What is non-point source pollution
Name 2 different ways water can enter the atmosphere?
What is evaporation and transpiration.
Underground storage area of water
What is an aquifer
Water likes to stick to itself and to others things. What are these 2 properties called?
What is cohesion and adhesion
What 3 oceans border the United States
What is Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic Oceans (Alaska)
Anywhere on Earth there is living things like plants and animals
What is the biosphere
A type of snow cause by
What is Lake Effect Snow
Name the 3 largest oceans in the world from largest to smallest
What is Pacific Ocean (largest), the Atlantic Ocean (second largest) and the Indian Ocean (third largest)
Water is called the universal ____________ because it dissolves more substances than any other liquid.
What is the "universal solvent"
A tornado that forms over water is called
What is a waterspout
Name 5 different spheres involved in the water cycle
What is biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere
Which Great Lake does not border Canada?
What is Lake Michigan
Identify the 2 largest rivers in the United States and the 2 largest in the world.
What is the Missouri and the Mississippi Rivers What is the Nile and the Amazon Rivers
Name the hurricane that occurred in 1992 in Florida. The hurricane that is responsible for building codes changed being changed as a result of the damage. The hurricane also responsible for the release of Burmese Pythons from a damaged breeding facility.
What is Hurricane Andrew
Historically, there are four named oceans. Recently some countries recognize 5 oceans. Name the 5 oceans
What is the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern (Antarctic) oceans.