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Unit 3
Chapters 1 and 2
Question | Answer |
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Why is East Ferris running out of water, but West Ferris is not? | East Ferris does not receive much rain and therefore has to rely on the water in the groundwater reservoir. West Ferris receives much more rain than East Ferris. |
Where is almost all of Earth's water? | In the Ocean |
Where is most of Earth's freshwater? | Frozen in glaciers |
The amount of available freshwater ______________when people use more than the amount that flows into their area. | decreases |
People only use what kind of water? | Freshwater |
List three things that can cause water shortages. | Droughts, Overuse, and Pollution |
What are three parts of Earth's system that we have discussed in this unit. | Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere |
How do drops of water form? | When enough water vapor gets cold and condenses into liquid water |
Where does water vapor in the air come from? | Liquid water that has evaporated |
How are water molecules in the states of matter spaced? | Gas molecules are very spread out and move fast, liquid molecules are a little spaced out and move slow, solid molecules are very tightly packed and dont move |
Water molecules are not ____________ or ______________when water changes from gas to liquid or liquid to gas. | created or destroyed |
For water droplets to form, the water molecules must get _______. | cold |
____________. Water vapor can come from any body of water. | TRUE or false |
___________. The water on Earth today is not the same water that was on Earth hundreds of years ago. | true or FALSE |
Give an example of the Hydrosphere and atmosphere interacting... | Liquid water evaporates to form water vapor in the atmosphere |
Give an example of the biosphere and hydrsphere interacting.... | People using water |
Engineer | Someone who uses science knowledge to design something to solve a problem |
Synthesize | To put together multiple pieces of information in order to understand something |
Resource | A supply of something that is useful |
Explanation | A description of how something works or why something happens |
Biosphere | All living things on Earth |
Hydrosphere | All of the water on Earth |
Water Vaper | Water in the form of invisible gas |
Atmosphere | The air that surrounds Earth |
Condensation | When a gas turns into a liquid |
Molecule | A group of atoms joined together in a particular way |
Evaporation | When a liquid turns into a gas |
System | A group of parts that work together |