Water on Earth
Water and Salinity
Water Vocabulary
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The level of the ocean’s surface
Sea Level
A measure of the amount of salt in the water.
Salinity
The hydrosphere covers what percentage of the Earth’s surface.
Three-fourths
Where most of earth’s water is found.
Oceans
Moves warm water or cold water to different parts of the Earth.
Currents
Only 3/100 of earth’s water is _______.
Fresh
The water supply can be extended by ______ or by using less water.
Recycling.
Fresh water is made safe by settling, filtering, and treatment with _______.
Chemicals
The top level of ground water.
Water Table
The area which water drains into a river.
Watershed
Water found under the ground.
Groundwater
Used water can be recycled and used again in this process.
Reclamation
A system of pipelines that carries water from a river or lake to the area where it is
needed. Aqueduct.
Usually an artificial lake that forms behind a dam.
Reservoir
A layer of rock or soil through which groundwater flows.
Aquifer
The repeated movement of water in different forms through the environment.
Water cycle.
True or false: The water cycle can affect weather patterns.
True
The changing of liquid water to water vapor.
evaporation
The changing of water vapor into liquid that occurs when air cools
condensation
Water that falls from clouds as rain, hail, sleet, or snow.
Precipitation.
The formation of ______ is a major part of the water cycle.
Clouds
Precipitation that falls as frozen raindrops.
Sleet
Clouds that are thin, wispy, and high altitude
Cirrus
A cloud at ground level.
Fog
Form as pieces of ice and are blown up into freezing air at the tops of clouds.
Hailstones