Review of Chapter 1 of water
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| Three forms of water | liquid, solid, vapor
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| Percentage of salt water on the Earth | 97%
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| How is water a unique substance? | Only substance that exists as a solid, liquid, gas
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| When did water found on Earth today form? | Slowly over time
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| What would Earth be like without water? | There would be no life at all
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| In which process of the water cycle does liquid water become water vapor? | Evaporation
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| Gravity causes water to flow from | divides to drainage basins
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| Most of Earth's freshwater is in what form? | Solid
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| What do artesian wells and springs have in common? | Water flows naturally from it without being pumped
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| What percentage of freshwater is available to humans? | Less than 1%
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| What percent of Earth's water is freshwater? | 3%
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| Where is most of Earth's freshwater found? | Glaciers and icebergs
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| What is an aquifer? | An underground layer of rock that can hold freshwater
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| Why are aquifers important? | They are sources of freshwater for much of the human population
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| What is a well? | A hole that reaches the water table that can be used to bring groundwater to the surface
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| Which water cycle process forms clouds? | condensation
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| What affects the way water flows over land? | gravity and drainage basins
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| Water that has little or no taste, color, or smell | Freshwater
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| Water that contains dissolved salts and other minerals | Salt water
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| The continuous movement of water through Earth's environment | The Water Cycle
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| A continuous line of land from which water flows in different directions | divide
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| An area where all the water on one side of the divide flows | drainage basin
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| An increase of nutrients in a body of water | eutrophication
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| The rising and sinking of cold and warm water layers in a lake | turnover
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| A substance that liquids can flow through | permeable
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| A substance that liquids cannot flow through | impermeable
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| The top of the area of the zone of saturation | water table
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| An underground layer of permeable substance that contains water | aquifer
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| A place where water flows to the surface naturally due to pressure | artesian well
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| A place where the water table reaches the Earth's surface | spring
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| A large lake used as a source of water supply | reservoir
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| A river or stream flowing into a large river or lake | tributary
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