Freshwater
Most of the freshwater on Earth is found here...
ice caps/glaciers
This is the continuous movement of water on Earth.
What is the water cycle
What is the percentage of salt water on Earth?
97%
The amount of salt dissolved in water is called what?
Salinity
Oceans have special __________ caused by wind.
Currents
What percentage of Earth's water is freshwater?
What is 3%
Liquid water that changes to water vapor is a process called this
Evaporation
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ______________.
What is Ground Water.
A slowly moving body of ice over land
Glacier
97.5% of total water on Earth is what?
Saltwater
What percentage of Earth's freshwater is tied up in glaciers and underground?
What is 2%
What 3 major steps make up the water cycle?
What is water that evaporates, condensation forms clouds, water falls as precipitation
True or False. Far more fresh water is found in lakes and rivers than underground water.
False
The rising and falling of water in the ocean caused by the pull of gravity.
Tides
Ocean temperatures are based on these 2 things.
Location/depth
What percent of Earth's freshwater is actually available to drink?
What is 1%
Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet is called______________.
What happens after precipitation in the water cycle?
Solid ice and snow can turn directly into gas (sublimation).
To spread out
distribute
The ocean is connected to all ______________through the water cycle.
Freshwater
Underground water supplies are called?
Aquifers
The process when the water is given off through the leaves as water vapor is called______________.
Transpiration
What forms after evaporation
Clouds!!!!!
Water held underground in the soil or in pores or crevices in rocks.
Groundwater
Salinity ___________ in different parts of the ocean.
Varies/changes