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Water in Earth's Process Chapter 11, Sec 1,2,3,4 in M.O.M
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6th Grade
01/15/2013

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Term
What number of planet Earth is water?
Definition
71%
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Where is most water on Earth located?
Definition
In oceans
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What percent of Earth's water is salt?
Definition
97% 
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What percent of Earth's water is fresh?
Definition
3%
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What state of matter is most of fresh water on Earth?
Definition
Solid
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Is water vapor a solid, liquid, or a gas?
Definition
Gas
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Is shallow groundwater a solid, liquid, or a gas?
Definition
Liquid
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Is a glacier a solid, liquid, or a gas?
Definition
Solid
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What is the source of energy for the water cycle?
Definition
The Sun
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True or False: Most of Earth's liquid fresh water is found in the form of lakes.
Definition
False
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True or False: In the water cycle, precipitation returns salt water to Earth.
Definition
False
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True or False: The process in which leaves of plants give off water into the atmosphere is condensation.
Definition

False:

Answer:Transpiration

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True or False: Water vapor gains energy during the process of condensation.
Definition
False
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Precipitation that soaks into the ground trickles downward due to_______.
Definition
Gravity
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Permeable
Definition
Allows water to pass through
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Saturated Zone
Definition
Area that is totally filled with water
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Pore
Definition
Space between rock and soil particles
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Impermeable
Definition
Does not let water pass through
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Unsaturated Zone
Definition
Layer above the water table
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Water Table
Definition
Top of the saturated zone
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Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called an ________________.
Definition
Aquifer
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True or False: The depth of the water table is always the same, even over a large area of land.
Definition
False
Term
What raises and lowers the level of the water table?
Definition

Raise: Heavy Rain/ Melted Snow

Lower: Dry Weather

Term
Where the water table meets the ground surface, groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock in places called ___________.
Definition
Springs
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How do you get water from an aquifer with a well?
Definition
You drill below the water table
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True or False: Pumping water out of an aquifer in a well raises the water level near the well.
Definition
False
Term
New waters that enters an aquifer from the surface is called ___________.
Definition
Recharge
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The addition of any substance that has a negative effect on water or the living things that depend on water is called __________ _________.  
Definition
Water Pollution
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The substances that cause pollution are called ____________.
Definition
Pollutants
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Is it safe to bathe or swim in polluted water as long as you dont drink it?
Definition
No
Term
What are some types of pollutants found in water?
Definition
Desease causing organisms, metals, industrial chemicals, and radio active wastes.
Term
List four major sources of water pollution.
Definition
Human waste, agricultirul chemicals, industrial waste, and runoff from roads.
Term

What is the difference between a point source and a

 non-point source?

Definition
A point source can be identified exactly where the pollutants came from, a non-point source cannot be tied to a specific point.
Term
How can floods cause polluted surface water?
Definition
Sewers can overflow and contaminate surface water with suage.
Term
What is a reservoir?
Definition
A natural or human made lake that is used as a source of drinking for a city or town.
Term
Parasites
Definition
animals that live on other living things, often causing harm.
Term
Pollution
Definition
human made substances that can harm humans and other living things.
Term
Wastewater
Definition
Water that goes down the drain
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Contaminate
Definition
When polution or harmful substances get into an environment
Term
Runoff
Definition
The water from rain storms that washes across the land and into streams.
Term

In the Up, Up, and Away? lab. What did the hot plate represent?

Water in the beaker?

Glass Plate?

Space between top of beaker and glass plate?

Definition

Hot Plate: Sun

Water in Beaker: Ocean

Glass Plate: Cloud

Space between top of beaker and glass plate: Atmosphere

Term
 Lab: There was more water in the beaker before the lab started and after the lab ended there was less water in the beaker. Where did the water go?
Definition
The water evaporated and ended up on the glass plate and some escaped into the atmosphere.
Term
Where is most thermal energy stored?
Definition
In oceans
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Where is a small amount of thermal energy stored?
Definition
In the atmosphere
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