Drippy's Journey
Q: What do we call it when water falls from the sky as rain, snow, or hail?
precipitation
The Columbia River is important for producing hydroelectric power. What large structure is built on it to do this?
Grand Coulee Dam
This large body of water near Seattle connects to the Pacific Ocean and is home to ferries, whales, and sea otters.
Puget Sound
One benefit of a dam is that it produces this kind of clean energy.
Hydroelectric power
This type of water connects freshwater to saltwater
Estuary
What do we call it when water changes from a liquid to a gas and rises into the air?
Evaporation
The Nisqually River flows from this mountain AND with this kind of water mostly.
Mt. Rainier/Tahoma and glacier melt
This is the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest and helps form the border between Washington and Oregon.
Columbia River
Dams help control this natural disaster by storing water.
Flooding
What are the three forms water can take in the water cycle?
Solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (water vapor)
What is the process of water vapor cooling and turning back into liquid called?
Condensation
Salmon in both the Columbia and Nisqually Rivers face this problem when they try to swim upstream past dams.
The dams block their migration or make it harder to reach spawning grounds.
This river starts in the mountains near Mount Tahoma and flows into Puget Sound. It’s also the focus of a salmon recovery project.
Nisqually River
One downside of dams is they can block these animals from reaching their spawning grounds.
Salmon
About how much of Earth’s surface is covered in water?
70%
Put these in the correct order: condensation, precipitation, evaporation.
Evaporation → Condensation → Precipitation.
The Columbia River flows through Washington and into the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, it helps connect many parts of the state by providing what three important resources?
Transportation, irrigation (for farming), and hydroelectric power.
This lake was created by the Grand Coulee Dam and is part of the Columbia River system.
Lake Roosevelt
This innovation was aimed to help fish get through dams on their journey.
Salmon ladders
This type of water is found in rivers, lakes, and streams.
freshwater
When plants release water vapor into the atmosphere from their leaves, stems, and flowers, it's called...
Transpiration
The Columbia River connects with many smaller rivers, like the Yakima and Spokane Rivers. What is a smaller river that flows into a larger one called?
Tributary rivers
This lake in Seattle was carved by the Vashon Glacier during the last Ice Age and was later changed by people when the Lake Washington Ship Canal was built in 1916.
Lake Washington
Name two reasons people argue for removing some dams and two reasons people argue for keeping dams.
Answers may vary
This water is found underground, filling spaces in soil and rocks. It can be pumped out for drinking and irrigation.
groundwater