Lecture 14 - Water P1 Flashcards
what percentage of the earths surface is currently covered in water
71%
what percentage of earths water do oceans hold
96.5%
where does the rest of water exist
- Freshwater in rivers and lakes
- Frozen water in glaciers and ice caps
- Soil moisture and GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS
- WATER VAPOR in ATMOSPHERE
what are the phases or physical states of water
solid (ice, snow)
liquid (rain, surface water, groundwater)
gas (water vapour, humidity)
aqueous (dissolved in water)
surface water
water located on top of land and surrounded by land (e.g., stream, rivers, lakes, wetlands)
groundwater
water present beneath Earth’s surface
in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.
water from a SEA or OCEAN.
seawater
MOLECULE + what is what
two or more ATOMS connected/
bonded together.
Water, H2O, is a MOLECULE as it consists of 3
atoms bound together.
Water is main component of most ___
cells
percentage of water in humans
✓ Newborn babies: 78% water
✓ 1 year old infant: 65% water
✓ Adults: 55 – 60% water (fat holds less
water than muscle, so amounts vary).
✓ % water drops with age.
HE SAID HE WONT ASK THIS BECAUSE EVERY SITE HAS DIFF NUMBERS JUST HAVE TO MOSTLY KNOW THAT IT DROPS WITH AGE!!
water in different organs
✓ lungs: 83% water
✓ kidneys: 79% water
✓ brain: 73% water
✓ heart: 73% water
freshwater
water containing less than
1,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids,
most often salt.
less than ___ of earths water is freshwater
3%
> 68% found in glaciers/ice caps
> 30% found in GROUNDWATER
0.3% found in SURFACE WATER
most accessible drinking water comes from
___% of ___% of Earth’s water!
0.3% of 3%
More than __% of Earth’s water is not usable
for drinking unless we use VARIOUS
technologies (desalination, dig wells, etc…).
99%
About __% of world’s fresh SURFACE WATER
in Canada.
20%
Canada’s lakes and rivers cover __% of surface
area.
12%
Canada has more ___ than any other country in world.
“lake area” (area covered by
lakes)
Great Lakes (Canada/USA) contain ___% of
global fresh SURFACE WATER.
18%
25% of Canadians depend on ___
for drinking water
GROUNDWATER
how does water bond
Atoms within a single water molecule bond together by sharing electrons
They form 2 OXYGEN (O) – HYDROGEN (H)
COVALENT BONDS.
what are covalent bonds
bonds formed when share 2
electrons.
INTRAMOLECULAR BONDING
bonding between atoms occurring within a molecule (i.e., “intra” = within molecule)
Between water molecules, we encounter weaker but extremely important interactions known as ____
INTERMOLECULAR FORCES (i.e., “inter” = between molecules)