Water Cycle
True or False: Everyone lives in a watershed.
TRUE
Where is most of the water on earth?
The ocean
This chemical is often added to tap water to kill germs.
Chlorine
Name one way humans can protect/conserve water.
Turning off the tap when brushing teeth, finishing water bottles, shorter showers ect.
Glaciers are large, slow-moving masses of what?
Ice
What drives the water cycle?
The sun
True or False: Most of Earth’s water is fresh water.
False
In the water walker, water is seen as a ______, not just a resource.
Living thing
Water quality tells us how _____ or ______ the water is.
Clean or polluted
Why was the main character in the water walker?
Nokomis
This is the process where liquid water turns into water vapor.
Evaporation
True or False: Most of Earth’s fresh water is easy for humans to use.
False
The name for a place where water is treated to make it safe to drink.
A water treatment plant.
Why is protecting fresh water important for both people and the environment?
Because all living things need clean water to survive and ecosystems depend on it.
This gas is released by cars, factories and burning fossil fuels.
Carbon Dioxide
What are examples of precipitation?
Rain, Hail or Snow
About what percentage of Earth’s water is fresh water?
About 3%
What is desalination
Removing salt from salt water.
If pollution enters a small stream in a watershed, what may eventually become polluted too?
larger rivers, lakes or even oceans
When glaciers melt faster than normal due to warming temperatures, it is caused by this.
Global warming/ Climate change/ Greenhouse effect
What are the three states of water ?
Solid, Liquid and Gas
Where is most of Earth’s fresh water stored?
Glaciers and ice caps
Name one way of removing salt from salt water.
Desalination or reverse osmosis.
Name 3 human impacts that lower water quality.
Industrial (factories or oil spills), Run-off (pesticides or manure, House Hold (soap, waste water), Litter ect
What happened in Neys Provincial Park? *hint, we talked about it yesterday!
train car FULL of nurtals derailed and ended up in Lake Superior!