Chapter 2, Section 1 Flashcards
The human body is what percent water?
60 percent
Water does not stay in one place, it’s total amount of what does not change either. True or false
True
When water goes from the oceans, to the air, and back to the oceans is called.
Water cycle
When the sun’s heat turns liquid water into water vapor is called either
Evaporation or humidity
Warm air can hold more humidity than cold air, true or false
True
Warm air tends to sink, true or false
False, warm air is lighter than cold air
What is it called when water vapor changes back into liquid is a process called ?
Condensation
Rain, snow, sleet, or hail is closed
Precipitation
When streams or rivers collect precipitation is called
Collection
What percent of the water on earth is fresh water?
2.5 percent
Giants sheets of ice is called.
Glaciers
This is water that fills tiny cracks and holes in rock layers below the surface of the earth.
Groundwater
Underground rock layers that water flows through.
Aquifers
98% of the earths water is
Salt water
Water from the atmosphere that is in the form of gas.
Water vapor