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4.1 Water in our Worlds Flashcards

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1
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How much of earth is covered in water?

A

71%

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How much of earths water percentage is salt?

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97.2%

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How much of earth’s fresh water is solid?

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2.2%

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How much of earth’s fresh water is liquid?

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0.6%

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True or False: Fresh water means that the water is drinkable

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False

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What does untreated fresh water contain?

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Dissolved chemicals and microorganisms

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What is the salinity of the world’s salt water?

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About 3.5%

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What is salinity?

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The average salt concentration in water

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Where can salt water be found?

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Swamps, Marshes, Lakes and Estuaries

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How are salt swamps and marshes created?

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When ocean water fills low lying areas or depressions

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What are salt swamps dominated by?

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They have many trees and dominated by grass

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Where can you find fresh water?

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Glaciers, Lakes, Marshes, Bogs and Swamps

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What do wetlands do?

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They filter fresh water and moderate water levels during floods and droughts

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Swamps are dominated by?

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Trees

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Marshes are dominated by?

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Grass

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Bogs are dominated by?

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Moss

17
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The 3 states of Water are?

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Solid, Liquid, and Gas

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Examples of solid forms of water…

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Snow, Glaciers and Ice Caps

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Examples of gas forms of water…

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Vapour, Fog and Clouds

20
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What is meltwater?

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Water that is melted off of a glacier

21
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What is transpiration?

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When, almost all of the water that is inhaled by the roots passes out through the leaves. Plants exhale a lot of moisture into the air

22
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True or False: Humans and Animals inhale a lot of water vapour

A

True

23
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True or False: Plants absorb water from moisture in the air just like the head-stander beetle

A

True

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