Water Cycle

Vocab

100

what two elements make up water 

hydrogen and oxygen

200

Water boils at ______ degrees Celsius and freezes at _____ degrees Celsius.

100 and 0

300

the source of all fresh water 

precipitation 

400

water is present on earth in the form of a __,____,and _____

solid, liquid, gas

500

What percent of the human body is water and why do we need water? 

60% of the human body is water. We need water to dissolve nutrients in our blood, protect important structures and maintain body temperature.

Saints

100

Who is the patron Saint of Science

St. Albert the Great

200

This Blessed is know her medical mobile clinics to help poor communities have access to medical care. 

Blessed Guadalupe Ortiz 

300

This Servant of God found that Down Syndrome was a copy of chromosome 21

Servant of God Jerome 

400

This Blessed discovered fossils were real and not a made up story told throughout generations. 

Blessed Nicolas Steno

500

what writing is St. Augustine known for? What is the meaning behind it?

Science of Faith and Reason. You should question and study all these beautiful things made by God and admire them as well as test your knowledge. 

Roles of the River

100

Which role of the river best describes "Rivers have served as transportation routes for people and goods for thousands of years"

cradle of history 

200

Give three examples of the river being "recreational"

answers vary

300

a large body of water that is surrounded by land and contain less than 1 percent of the world’s fresh water

lake

400

which role of the river does this describe "Over millennia, rivers have carved valleys, shaped landscapes, and created breathtaking natural wonders like canyons and deltas."

shapes the land

500

Name 5 roles of the river

lifeblood 

shapes the land

recreation 

cradle of history 

source of power 

cultural tapestry 

climate regulators 

Essay

100

as a lake dies the organisms die with it. Theprocess of nutrients building up is called 

eutrophication 

200

body of water smaller than a lake.

pond

300

What two nutrients are released in Eutrophication 

nitrogen and phosphate

400

What is the human role of eutrophication 

fertilizer from farms runoff into lakes feeding the algae which speeds up the growth

500

Describe the entire process of eutrophication 

• as lakes die the organisms die with it 
• they release nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphate
• algae use these nutrients to form a layer over the lake 
• it becomes too thick and sunlight cannot get through to feed plants within the water 
• without food and oxygen the plants and animals die
• decaying material builds up making the lake shallow and eventually it becomes a meadow 

Vocab

100

Water moves between land, living things, bodies of water on Earths surface, and the atmosphere.

water cycle

200

process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state.

evaporation

300

Water covers ______% of the surface of the Earth. This includes oceans, rivers, lakes and glaciers.

70

400

the process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and transpiration from plants.

evapotranspiration 

500

a land area that collects and channels rainfall and snowmelt to a common outflow point.

watershed