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Chapter 2-1
Earth's Water
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Geography
6th Grade
10/26/2010

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CJ-What is water that fills tiny cracks in rock layers below the surface?
Definition
groundwater
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AL- What is the process by which the earth's water moves from the oceans to the air to the land and back to the oceans 
Definition

Water cycle

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AF-About what percent of earth is made up of freshwater?
Definition

About 3%

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BP- Some places get too much ________ and other places get too little _________.
Definition
water, water
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SW-What is it called when water vapor changes into a liquid?
Definition
condensation
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LB-What do we call it when the sun's heat turns water into vapor?
Definition
evaporation
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EH- What is water in the gas form called?
Definition
water vapor
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BC-What precent of the water in the world is salt water?
Definition
97%
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VB-What are underground rock layers that store water?
Definition
aquifers
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JG-What percentage of freshwater is in glaciers and ice sheets?
Definition
2%
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JT-Climate leads to the amount of ______ a place receives which leads to the type of plant life, or __________
Definition
water, vegetation
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HD-What is it called when water falls as rain, snow, or sleet?
Definition
precipitation
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DS-Water vapor is water in _____ form and is found in the _______.
Definition
gas, atmosphere
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CK-What is water in frozen form found in glaciers and ice sheets?
Definition
Ice
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QO____________air holds more vapor than _____________air
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warm air and cold air
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FM- Water in liquid form is found in oceans,lakes,and___________.
Definition
groundwater
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LA-Almost all of the earth's water is __________________ water.
Definition
salt
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LP-What percentage of the earth is water?
Definition
70%
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