Water | Atmosphere | Land | Body of Water |
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Rain, Sleet, Snow, Hail
What are 3 types of precipitation?
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Transpiration
What is the term that is the process when water is evaporated off of plants?
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True
True or False: All living plants and animals need water to survive.
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False
True or False: Water does not evaporate from the ocean, only from small ponds and streams.
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Freshwater
What type of water is held in icecaps and glaciers?
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Water vapor (gas form)
What does evaporation turn water into?
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Water that flows off the surface and flows downhill into a body of water
What is the definition of run off?
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97%
What is the percentage of water held in our oceans?
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Solid, liquid, gas
What are the 3 forms of water?
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Condensation
What stage of the water cycle is represented by cloud formation?
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True
True or False: Trees and other plants absorb rainwater, reducing erosion and runoff?
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2.5%
What percent of water is freshwater?
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Cloud→ precipitation (rain, hail, snow, sleet) → fills oceans, lakes, and aquifers → evaporation and transpiration → becomes a cloud → cloud becomes too dense and water molecules fall
What is the complete water cycle starting with the cloud?
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The sun's energy
What helps speed up the process of evaporation?
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Aquifer
What is a body of permeable rock that can hold groundwater?
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Lakes and rivers
What are the 2 main sources of freshwater that humans use?
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