Water Facts
What are the elements that make up water?
Hydrogen & Oxygen
What is the most abundant sources of freshwater? (79% of freshwater)
Ice Caps & Glaciers
Name at least 3 parts of the water cycle
Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation, Infiltration, Run Off, Storage
True or False. Only a small fraction of all freshwater is easily accessible to meet people’s needs.
True
When you buy a bottle of water, is that water made in a factory?
No
Freshwater & Salt Water
Rivers, lakes, streams, and wetlands are types of?
Surface water
Liquid slowly changes to a gas
What is evaporation?
When it rains, where does the water and everything it collects go?
Runoff to storm drains and eventually the river or bay
True or False: The water we drink and use today was once dinosaur pee
True!
What are the 3 states of water?
Solid, liquid, and gas.
A cloud of minute water droplets that exsists at ground level is called
What is Fog
The energy source that drives the water cycle
What is the sun
What is one way you can save water?
Shorter showers...turn water off when you brush your teeth...
What is a watershed?
The area of land where all the water under it or draining off of it goes into the same place
What percentage of water is salt water? What percentage of water is freshwater?
97% salt water & 3% freshwater
Name a difference between a lake and a river?
Answer may vary
During the water cycle water moves between Earth ______ and the _______
Earth & Air (atmosphere)
Name a body of water in or around New Bedford
Buzzards Bay, Acushnet River, Atlantic Ocean...
How many gallons of water is on Earth?
370 Quintillion
The process of removing salt from seawater
What is desalination
What is the end of the river (where water exits) called?
The mouth
Name 3 types of precipitation
Rain, snow, hail
When you turn on your faucet in New Bedford, where does that water come from?
Assawompsett Pond Complex in Lakeville / Middleborough
Come up with a TikTok dance to describe the water cycle.
:)