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Unit 3 ch. 1&2 study
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Question | Answer |
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East Ferris does not receive much rain so they rely on ground water. | west Ferris gets a lot of rain and doesn't really need groundwater. |
Where is most of earths water? | ocean |
where is most of earths freshwater? | frozen in glaciers |
the amount of available freshwater ____________ when people use more than the amount that flows on there land | decreases |
people only use what kind of water? | freshwater. |
List three things that can cause water shortages? | Droughts, overuse, pollution |
what are three things we have disscused in this unit | Biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere |
How do drops of water form. | water vaper gets cold and condenses into liquid |
where does water vaper in the air come from? | Liquid that has evaporated |
how are water molecules in the states of matter paced? | Gas molecules are spread out a lot and move fast, liquid molecules are a bit spread out and move a bit, and solids are all conjucted together |
water molecules are not __________or____________ when water changes from gas to liquid or liquid to gas. | created and destroyed. |
for water droplets to form, the water molecules must get______ | cold |
water vaper can come from any body of water | true |
the water today is not the same as water a hundred years ago. | false |
give me an example of the hydrosphere and atmosphere interacting | liquid water evaporates to form water vaper in the sun. |
give an example of the biosphere and hydrosphere interacting | people using water |
engineer | someone who uses knowledge to find something |
Synthesize | to put together pieces of information to find something out |
Resource | a supply of something |
explanation | a description |
biosphere | all living things on earth |
hydrosphere | all of the water on earth |
atmosphere | all the air that surrounds earth |
condensation | when a gas turns into a liquid |
molecule | a group of atoms grouped together |
evaporation | when a liquid turns into a gas |
system | a group of parts that work together |