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ScienceChap1Water
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| In addition to house hold purposes people use water for _____,_____, _______, and _________. | agriculture, industry, transportation, and recreation(fill in the blank) |
| Irrigation | the process of supplying water to areas of land to make then suitable for growing crops |
| Water is essential for living things to ___, ________, and _____ ____ _____ __________ _________. | grow, reproduce, carry out other important processes(fill in the blank) |
| Photosynthesis | a process where plants use water, plus carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make food |
| Habitat | a place where an organism lives and it provides the things the organism needs to survive |
| More than 97% of Earth's water is _____ water that is oceans and salt water lakes | salt water( fill in the blank) |
| Only 3% of Earth's water is ______ water that is mostly ice but part water vapor, lakes and rivers, and ground water | fresh water( fill in the blank) |
| Water Vapor | the gaseous form of water (aka steam) |
| Ground Water | water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
| Polar Molecule | a molecule that has electrically charged areas |
| The ______ hydrogen ends of one water molecule _____ the ______ oxygen ends of nearby water molecules. | Positive; attract; negative(fill in the blank) |
| Water molecules tend to ____ _________. | stick together( fill in the blank) |
| Surface Tension | the tightness across the surface of water that is caused by the polar molecules pulling on each other |
| Capillary Action | the combined force of attraction among water molecules and with the molecules of surrounding materials |
| Solution | a mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another |
| Solvent | the substance that does the dissolving |