Process in the water cycle that draws the water back up into the air
What is evaporation or transpiration?
a rhythmic movement of water generated by the wind
What is a wave?
About 2% of our freshwater supply is not readily available.
What is because it is frozen?
Will most likely cause a river to dry up
What is a decrease in precipitation?
Water change from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
The water droplets forming on the outside of the glass
What is condensation?
In a wave, the water moves in __ while the __ moves forward.
What is water moves in circles while the energy moves forward?
In order from largest amount to smallest amount: glaciers, groundwater, ice caps, and oceans.
What is oceans, glaciers and ice caps. groundwater?
Ocean currents, like the Gulf Stream, affect world climate
What is transferring heat to and from various regions?
The cloud process in the water cycle
What is condensation?
Energy source missing from the model of the water cycle
What is a heat lamp or heat source?
In the water cycle, water moving from oceans to clouds involves can change in the water
What is from salt water to fresh water?
Location of the greatest amount of Earth's freshwater.
What is polar ice caps and glaciers?
Two main causes for ocean currents
What is wind and changes in density?
Atmospheric condition caused by evaporation
What is humidity?
There is a great deal of precipitation occurring in a short time
What is the runoff process in the water cycle will be affected?
Most of the fresh water on Earth found is in glaciers and perma snow,
What is in the frozen state?
97% of total water on Earth is salt water, and most of the remaining 3% is freshwater frozen in ice caps and glaciers.
What is why so little of the water on Earth is available for human use?
The Labrador Current affects the climate of Canada and Greenland
What is the climate would be cool and wet
Happens to water immediately after it evaporates
What is water vapor rises until it cools and then condenses into clouds?
As the water on land flows towards the oceans, it carries large quantities of weathered and dissolved rock material
What is it adds salts to the ocean water?
Factors affecting the height of an ocean wave.
What is wind speed and distance over which the wind blows?
Energy source that causes the water to evaporate and change to water vapor
What is heating?
Drop a bottle off the coast of Georgia.
What is it will touch land near Europe?
Process in the water cycle accelerated by an increase in temperature
What is evaporation?