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Unit 3
Chapters 1&2
Term | Definition |
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Why is East Ferris running out of water, but West Ferris is not? | East Ferris is running out of water because they are using more water than is going into the groundwater reservoir. East Ferris does not receive much rain and therefore has to rely on water in the groundwater reservoir. West Ferris receives much more rain |
Where is almost all of Earths 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 the area. | decreases |
People only use what kind of water? | Freshwater |
List three things that can cause water damage. | Droughts, Overuse, and Pollution |
What are three parts of Earth's system that we have discussed in this unit. | Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Atmosphere |
How does 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 don't move. |
Water molecules are not ___________________ 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 |
True or False. Water vapor can come from any body of water | True |
True or False. The water on Earth today is not the same water that was on Earth a hundred years ago. | False |
Give and example of the hydrosphere and the atmosphere interacting... | Liquid water evaporates to form water vapor in the atmosphere. |
Give an example of the biosphere and the hydrosphere 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 vapor | water in the form of an invisible gas. |
Atmosphere | the air that surrounds the Earth |
Condensation | When gas turns to a liquid. |
Molecule | a groups of atoms joined together in a particular way |
Evaporation | When a liquid turns to a gas. |
System | A groups of parts that work together. |