Vocabulary Changes Water Everywhere! Odds and Ends
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What is hydroshere?
The Earth's system that includes all the water on the planet.
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What is condensation?
The process by which a substance in its gaseous phase loses energy, and enters its liquid phase.
100
What is 70%?
The Earth is covered in this percentage of water.
100
What is the ocean?
Most water on Earth is found here.
200
What is a reservoir?
A protected artificial or natural lake that is used to store water.
200
What is transpiration?
The process by which plants lose water through tiny pores on their leaves.
200
What is 2%?
This is how much (in %) water is frozen at the North and South Poles and on mountain tops.
200
What is in glaciers found near the poles?
The majority of Earth's fresh water is located here.
300
What is ground water?
Water that collects under ground.
300
What is evaporation?
The process by which a substance in its liquid phase gains energy and enters its gaseous phase.
300
What is 60-75%?
The human body is composed of this percentage of water.
300
What is the sun?
The main source of energy that drives the water cycle.
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What is surface runoff?
Water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers and oceans.
400
What is precipitation?
Condensed water vapor in the atmosphere falling back to Earth in the form of rain, hail, sleet or snow.
400
What is liquid?
Most of Earth's water is in this form?
400
What is water vapor must get cooler and lose heat energy?
This must occur before clouds can form.
500
What is aquifer?
An underground area of sediment and rocks that is filled with ground water.
500
What is the water cycle?
A set of processes energized by the Sun that keep water moving from place to place on Earth.
500
What is recycled?
The water cycle allows our limited supply of fresh water to be ___________.
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What is a glacier?
A huge mass of ice that forms when snow and ice accumulates.




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