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What covers most of the Earth?

Water

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True/False: Most of the Earth's water can't be used for drinking or farming without being treated. 

True

100

What is gravity?

is a force that pulls objects towards each other

100
Who settled in Massachusetts Bay and what guided their daily life? 

Puritans and religion

100

Who was William Penn and what did he believe in?

he was quaker leader 

believed in tolerance and peaceful relations, promoted fair treatment of Native Americans.

200

What is the %'s of freshwater distribution in a. glaciers/ice caps b. underground/groundwater and c. lakes/rivers/streams? 

a. 69%

b.30%

c. 1%

200

Freshwater is distributed within 3 ways. Name them 

1. frozen glaciers and ice caps

2. underground or groundwater 

3. lakes, rivers and streams 

200

True/False: The more mass an object has the weaker it's gravity?

False...the stronger the gravity.

200

True/False: The puritans believed that communities should be built around religion and moral behavior?

True 

200

John Smith helped what town survive?

Jamestown which was the first permanent English settlement in North America.

300

How much of the Earth's surface is covered in salt water?

about 97%

300

What is a reservoir? and Name 3 sources 

Define: a place where water is stored 

Sources: oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ice caps, groundwater, atmosphere. 

300
Without gravity, what would happen?

everything would float away.

300

William Penn, founded what state?

Pennsylvania 

300

True/False: Early settlers in Virginia faced disease, hunger and conflicts with Native Americans? 

True 

400
What is referred to as the Great Salty Reservoir? 

Ocean

400

How much of the Earth's surface is covered in Freshwater?

about 3%

400

What is the difference between mass and weight? 

mass is the amount of matter in an object

weight is the force of gravity pulling an object

400

Within Pennsylvania what city became one of the largest and most successful colonial city? 

Philadelphia.

400

What was the major cash crop in South Carolina? Hint there are 2

Rice and indigo

500
About how much of the Earth's surface is covered with water?

about 71%

500

Why is ocean water salty?

Due to weathering ...rocks break down causing minerals and salts for the rocks to be carried by the rivers to the oceans. 

500
True/False: Gravity is the most important force in the universe. 
False..is one of the most important forces.
500

What was indigo and what was it used for in South Carolina? 

It was a plant used to make blue dye and it was valuable to Great Britian for clothing and uniforms.

500

True/False: Plantations were small farms? 

False: they were large farms that grows cash crops.