Chapter 4 Flashcards
Water flowing over polluted ground can result In what?
Contamination
Water vapor in the air can turn into a liquid, like the droplets you see on the outside of a glass of water because of what?
Condensation
What happens to most of the water that falls into mountain watersheds?
Evaporates
Ocean water is a mixture of mostly what two things?
Salt and water
Define evaporation.
Water turns into water vapor and rises up into the air
The salts that are found in rivers come from where?
Rocks and dirt
What is the name of the type of cloud that when found near the ground we call fog?
Stratus
How are clouds formed?
First evaporation, then condensation, and dust starts forming over and makes a cloud
When do breezes move from the sea to the land?
Daytime- seabreeze
When water vapor turns into solid crystals what forms?
Snowflakes
What is the energy source that causes liquid water to become water vapor?
Heat- (sun)
How do people in homes use most water?
Landscaping
What contains most of the fresh water on earth?
Ice glaciers/sheets
Which are the high, thin clouds that are made mostly of ice crystals?
Cirrus
People should not pollute watersheds for what reason?
It will contaminate it
Why should people conserve water?
Limited supply
What does filtration do?
Gets the germs and particles out of water
What do we call recycling water as it moves between earths surface and the atmosphere?
The water cycle
