General Water Trivia & Water Cycle
True or False: The same amount of water exists on Earth today, as when Earth was first created.
True
What is water composed of?
H2O- 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom
What does the prefix hydro mean?
water
Name the 3 physical forms of water.
Liquid, solid, gas/vapor
How much of the earth's surface is covered in water?
70%
How much of the water on earth is usable fresh water?
Less than 1%
8.34 pounds
What's is called when the body is lacking adequate fluids?
Dehydration
About how much of the human body is composed of water?
70%
What is the name of the water cycle process by which water changes from a liquid to a vapor?
Evaporation
What is the name for the portion of the water cycle where solid liquid falls to the earth's surface?
Precipitation
What is the name of the water cycle process where water vapor changes to tiny liquid droplets and forms clouds?
Condensation
What is the energy source that drives the water cycle?
The sun
Precipitation can occur in several forms: Name four
Sleet, snow, hail, and rain
Sleet and hail
What is another name for a drainage basin?
watershed
What is water stored in an acquifer called?
What is the alternate rise and fall of waters caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun?
tides
Large rivers of ice that never completely melt are called?
glaciers
What is the longest river in the world?
Nile
What is the largest lake in the North America?
Lake Superior
What state is surrounded completely by water?
Hawaii
What state claims to have 10,000 lakes?
Minnesota
Which river cuts the Grand Canyon?
Colorado River
Which river system has had more impact on the development of the U.S. than any other?
Mississippi(covering 41% of the land mass of the continental U.S. and affecting 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces)