Lesson 6-8

Question 1

Most of the fresh water on earth is in the form of _______.

Answer 1

ice

Question 2

True of False

The amount of fresh water available to humans is very limited.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Glacier

Answer 3

Large
Long lasting
Mass of
Moving
Ice and Snow

Question 4

Water that flows out from the front edge of a melting glacier

Answer 4

Glacial Meltwater

Question 5

Iceberg

Answer 5

Chunk of
Ice that
Breaks off from a
Glacier
Flowing into the sea

Question 6

The thick layers of ice covering the North and South Poles

Answer 6

Polar Ice Cap

Question 7

Sea Ice

Answer 7

Layer of ice
Formed when
Seawater
Freezes

Question 8

Water can be found ____________, in the _____ or on the ________ _______.

Answer 8

Underground
Air
Earth’s surface

Question 9

All water on earth circulates through the _______ ________.

Answer 9

water cycle

Question 10

What happens to ice or snow when it melts?

Answer 10

It becomes an active part of the water cycle

Question 11

A mixture of gases that surrounds the earth

Answer 11

Air

Question 12

Cloud

Answer 12

Mixture of
Tiny particles of water
Dust and
Sometimes ice
Floating in the air

Question 13

The change of a gas into a liquid when the gas is cooled is called____________________

Answer 13

Condensation

Question 14

What is the process of a liquid changing into an invisible gas called?

Answer 14

Evaporation

Question 15

Water Vapor

Answer 15

State of water
When it is an
Invisible gas

Question 16

When water evaporates it exists in the air as _____ _______

Answer 16

water vapor

Question 17

True or false:

You can see water vapor in the air.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

True or False:

Tiny droplets of water that have condensed from water vapor in the air form clouds.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Cycle

Answer 19

A repeating pattern of events

Question 20

Water Cycle

Answer 20

Way water circulates between
Air
Earth’s surface and
Underground aquifers

Question 21

Water moves through the water cycle in 3 different states. Name them

Answer 21

Solid (ice)
Liquid (water)
Gas (water vapor)