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True of False. Water Vapor and steam are the same thing. s
What is False! Water Vapor is at the same temperature as the air around it and steam is above Earth's temperature.
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What percentage of Total global Water is Fresh water?
What is 2.5%?
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What percentage of Earth's water is ocean water?
What is about 97.5%?
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Name water in its three states.
What is water, water vapor and ice?
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It did not rain last night but this morning but the grass is wet outside. How did the grass get wet?
What is water vapor in the air mixed with change in temperature? (Dew)
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What makes up freshwater?
hat are groundwater, surface/other, and glaciers and icecaps?
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What is the swirling motion in which ocean 's water moves called?
What is circulation?
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What are clouds?
What are drops of liquid formed from water vapor?
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The process of changing liquid water into water vapor is called
What is evaporation?
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What are some surface freshwater sources?
What are lakes, rivers, swamps, marshes, soil moisture, ground ice and permafrost?
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Why does the temperature of the ocean change based on latitude?
What is because of the angle of Earth's axis and its relation to the sun. (ex. poles are colder)
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The ________ is the main source of energy for the water cycle
What is the sun?
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Describe the water cycle
Water in oceans, rivers, ponds, etc evaporate due to Sun's heat and turns into water vapor that then condenses into clouds, from clouds water precipitates in the form of rain, sleet and hail, precipitation that lands on land goes back to water sources during run off
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What are aquifers?
What are underwater water supplies?
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What are tides?
What are rising and falling patterns caused by the pull of gravity?
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True or False. Fresh water is evenly distributed on earth
What is FALSE
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Describe run off
Runoff is water moving downhill.
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Why are reservoirs built?
What is in order to collect water to turn it into clean drinking water since over 1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean water.
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What are some things that affect ocean water?
What is pollution, erosion, rising sea levels, oil drilling, etc?
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name a place where there would be low salinity.
What is the surface water of the Pacific Ocean or where freshwater from rivers meets the ocean?
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