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Water Review - Ch.1
Review of Chapter 1 of water
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Three forms of water | liquid, solid, vapor |
| Percentage of salt water on the Earth | 97% |
| How is water a unique substance? | Only substance that exists as a solid, liquid, gas |
| When did water found on Earth today form? | Slowly over time |
| What would Earth be like without water? | There would be no life at all |
| In which process of the water cycle does liquid water become water vapor? | Evaporation |
| Gravity causes water to flow from | divides to drainage basins |
| Most of Earth's freshwater is in what form? | Solid |
| What do artesian wells and springs have in common? | Water flows naturally from it without being pumped |
| What percentage of freshwater is available to humans? | Less than 1% |
| What percent of Earth's water is freshwater? | 3% |
| Where is most of Earth's freshwater found? | Glaciers and icebergs |
| What is an aquifer? | An underground layer of rock that can hold freshwater |
| Why are aquifers important? | They are sources of freshwater for much of the human population |
| What is a well? | A hole that reaches the water table that can be used to bring groundwater to the surface |
| Which water cycle process forms clouds? | condensation |
| What affects the way water flows over land? | gravity and drainage basins |
| Water that has little or no taste, color, or smell | Freshwater |
| Water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals | Salt water |
| The continuous movement of water through Earth's environment | The Water Cycle |
| A continuous line of land from which water flows in different directions | divide |
| An area where all the water on one side of the divide flows | drainage basin |
| An increase of nutrients in a body of water | eutrophication |
| The rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake | turnover |
| A substance that liquids can flow through | permeable |
| A substance that liquids cannot flow through | impermeable |
| The top of the area of the zone of saturation | water table |
| An underground layer of permeable substance that contains water | aquifer |
| A place where water flows to the surface naturally due to pressure | artesian well |
| A place where the water table reaches the Earth's surface | spring |
| A large lake used as a source of water supply | reservoir |
| A river or stream flowing into a large river or lake | tributary |
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