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Water Cycle2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the 3 forms that water on the Earth is found as? | Solid, Liquid, &Gas |
| What are the 3 areas where water flows from? | Rivers, Streams, & Oceans |
| What are the 3 developmental ways that water is processed in the Earth? | Evaporation, Condensation, & Precipitation |
| What plays a major role in the development of the water cycle? | The Sun’s Energy |
| What is all the water that is on Earth known as? | The hydrosphere |
| What is the largest hydrosphere that is located on Earth? | The Pacific Ocean |
| What are known as storage water areas on Earth? | Reservoirs |
| What two types water are located on Earth? | Fresh water & Salt water |
| In what type of water are high salt concentrations found? | Oceans |
| What are the names of the 3 areas where the warm ocean areas flow on the Earth? | Gulf Stream, Caribbean Sea, & North Atlantic Ocean |
| What is known as the atmosphere in a particular climate? | Weather |
| What is the temperature weather patterns in that particular area? | Climate |
| What are weather scientist called that predication future weather forecast? | Meteorologist |
| Gravity pulls or pushing air pressure forces in the Earth, what is this called? | Barometric pressure |
| What have been known to effect weather & its patterns in an area? | Air temperatures |
| What are the 2 objects that create rain or snow in the clouds? | Ice Crystals & Water Droplets |
| What forces cause ice crystals or water droplets to fall to the surface of the Earth? | Gravity |
| What are the 4 types of precipitation in the Earth’s weather? | Rain, Sleet, Hail, & Snow |
| What are short, detached, hair-like clouds found at high altitudes? | Cirrus clouds |
| What type of clouds are associated with thunder storms and heavy precipitation? | Cumulonimbus |
| What are clouds that are middle altitude that are in layers or patches? | Altocumulus clouds |
| What type of clouds are flat and hazy that are low altitudes varying from dark to white colors? | Stratus clouds |
| What are clouds that touches the ground? | Fog clouds |