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Unit 3 Ch. 1&2
Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why is East Ferris running out of water, but West Ferris is not? | East Ferris running out of water because they are using more water that is going into the groundwater reservoir. east ferris does not receive much rain and therefore has to rely on the water in the groundwater reservoir. West Ferris receives much more ra |
| Where is almost all of Earth's water? | In the ocean |
| Where is most of Earth's Freshwater? | Frozen in glaciers |
| The amount of availble freshwater____________ when pepole use more then 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 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 and very tightly packed and dont move. |
| Water molecules are not ___________or ____________ when water changes from gas to liquid or liquid to gas. | created, 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 today is not the same water that was on Earth hundreds of years ago. | False |
| Give an example of the hydrosphere and atmosphere interracting | Liquid water evaporates to form water vapor in the atmosphere. |
| Give an example of the biosphere and hydrosphere interacting | Pepole using water |
| Engineer | someone who uses science knowledge to design 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 of why something happens. |
| Biosphere | all living things on earth. |
| Hydrosphere | all of the water on Earth |
| Water vapor | water in the form of 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 gas. |
| system | a group of parts that work together. |
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