Vocabulary Words
The amount of salt dissolved in water.
Salinity
What links the ocean to all fresh water bodies?
What step of the water cycle forms clouds?
Condensation
Water in the atmosphere that falls to earth as rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
Precipitation
The continuous movement of water on Earth.
Water Cycle
How much of Earth's water comes from the ocean?
96.5%
What powers the water cycle?
The sun
A series of events or processes that that repeats over and over
Cycle
The process in which a substance warms and changes from a liquid to a gas
Evaporation
What is it called when water is naturally held underground?
Aquifer
What does heat turn water into?
Vapor
A human-made place to collect and store water
Reservoir
Spread out
Distribute
If a city has limited access to freshwater, what is something that they could build to help solve the problem?
Reservoir or a dam
Which two features influence the temperature of the ocean?
The depth and the proximity to the equator
A swirling movement
Circulation
Pattern of rising and falling water in the ocean
Tides
What is two ways to address the lack of human access to clean fresh water?
Build reservoirs and reduce water usage
Name the steps of the water cycle IN ORDER starting with Runoff
1. Runoff
2. Evaporation
3. Condensation
4. Precipitation
The original or most important
Primary