Resources
To use resources wisely.
What is to “conserve”?
The transfer of energy through space, like UV rays or visible light.
What is “electromagnetic radiation”?
Movement of water between the hydrosphere and atmosphere.
What is “the water cycle”?
Condition of the atmosphere at a specific time and place.
What is “weather”?
Moving air.
What is “wind”?
The responsible use of land.
What is “land management”?
Percentage of the sun’s energy Earth’s surface, clouds, and atmosphere.
What is “35%”?
Change from liquid to gas, like the steam escaping from a boiling pot of water.
What is “evaporation”?
Amount of water vapor in the air.
What is “humidity”?
The shifting of air due to the Earth’s rotation.
What is the “Coriolis effect”?
A piece of land where garbage is dumped.
What is a “landfill”?
Amount of the sun’s energy absorbed by the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
What is “65%”?
Change of a gas to a liquid, like your hot breath on a cool window pane.
What is “condensation”?
The scientific study of weather.
What is “meteorology”?
Location of Earth’s wind systems.
What are “global wind belts”?
Process of removing unhealthy or crowded trees from a forest to allow healthy trees to grow faster and stronger.
What is “thinning”?
Transfer of energy by the flow of gases or liquids.
What is “convection”?
Liquid turns into a solid, like rain or snow.
What is “precipitation”?
Pattern of atmospheric movement, which creates global weather systems.
What are “convection currents”?
Rapid horizontal movements of water.
What are “ocean currents”?
Conserving this natural resource meant re-inventing nets.
What are “fish”?
Transfer of energy when molecules in matter collide.
What is “conduction”?
Area where water drains into a common location.
What is a “watershed”?
Absorbs and releases heat fast. (Land or Water)
What is “land”?
Water movement driven by the amount of salt in it.
What are “density currents”?