| Water on Earth | ||
| #1 | What % of the Earth's surface is water |
About 71% |
| #2 | What % of Earth's water is salt water |
About 97% |
| #3 | True or False - 5% of Earth's Water is Fresh |
False, it is approximately 3% |
| #4 | Most of Earth's fresh water can be found where? |
Icecaps and Glaciers |
| #5 | If water levels continue to rise in the world, what will happen to the % of Earth's land? |
It wil decrease. |
| Water Cycle | ||
| #1 | The water cycle takes place in what system of earth? |
Hydrosphere |
| #2 | Why is the water cycle called a "cycle"? |
It is a cycle because it repeats over and over again |
| #3 | What are the 6 major stages of water cycle? |
Evaporation & Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation, Surface Runoff, and Ground Water (Infiltration) |
| #4 | Which stage of the water cycle happens with water in oceans, lakes and rivers? | Evaporation |
| #5 | When snow, rain, etc. is leaving the clouds, which stage is currently going on? | Precipitation |
| More Water | ||
| #1 | What is the water cycle? | the continuous recycling of all of Earth's water. |
| #2 | True or False - The Watercycle has a starting point |
False - There is no beginning of the cycle. It just repeats. |
| #3 | What two places does water spend most of it's time in? |
The atmosphere and bodies of water (oceans, lake, rivers, etc). |
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| Vocabulary (Changes in Matter) | ||
| #1 | Evaporation |
a liquid turning into a gas and going into the atmosphere |
| #2 | Precipitation |
Snow or rain leaving clouds and coming back to Earth. |
| #3 | Condensation |
moisture and water vapor moving into atmosphere to form clouds. |
| #4 | Surface Runoff |
Water finding a place to be absorbed into the ground |
| #5 | Transpiration |
The unused water (about 99% of it) leaving trees and plants and going back into the atmosphere. |
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