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Unit 3 3-1
Question | Answer |
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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 rai |
Where is almost all of Earth's water? | in the ocean |
Where is almost all 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 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, and atomsphere |
How do drops of water form? | When enough water vapor get 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 dates 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 ______ or ____ when water changes from a gas to a liquid or liquid to gas | Created destroyed |
For water droplets to from, 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 hundreds years ago. | False |
Give an example of the hydrosphere and atmosphere interacting | People using water |
Engineer | Someone who uses scince 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 something works or why something happens |
Biosphere | All living things on earth |
Hydrosphere | All 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 |
Molclue | A group of atoms joined together |
Evaporation | When a liquid turns into a gas |
System | A group of parts working together |