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Unit 3 ch. 1&2 study
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |