Surface Water Flashcards

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0
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How much water can an average tree hold

A

1800 liters

420 gallons

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What are the three main steps to the water cycle

A

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation

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2
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Evaporation of water from plant is called what

A

Transpiration

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3
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Water that remains in the ground is called what

A

groundwater

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4
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What are the three phases that water can turn into

A

Solid liquid or gas

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5
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How many liters of freshwater fall on the United States every day in the form of rain or snow

A

15 trillion

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6
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What is the third step of the water cycle

A

Precipitation

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7
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From what sources does water evaporate into the atmosphere

A

From the surface waters

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8
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Eventually what happens to groundwater

A

It ends up in the ocean

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9
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What is the process by which water vapor changes back into a liquid

A

Condensation

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10
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For condensation to happen in the water vapor must be what temperature

A

Cold

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Every half-mile straight up in the air what how much does a temperature drop by

A

45°

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What happens to the earth air as it moves further from the earths surface

A

The air gets colder

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13
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Why can’t cool air hold as much water as warm air

A

Where air particles have more space in between for water this word out. Cold air particles are bunched up which makes water hard to go in

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14
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How many water molecules does it take to make one water droplet

A

100 million water molecules

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15
Q

How many water droplets does it take to make a raindrop

A

100 million water molecules

16
Q

What percent of all the water on earth is found in the oceans

A

97%

17
Q

Freshwater make that how much of the earth’s water

A

3%

18
Q

What percent of the freshwater on earth is to stainable because it’s locked and ice or found two depot Lowes or surface to obtain

A

2%

19
Q

What percent of all the water is drinkable

A

1%

20
Q

What percent is renewed continuously through the water cycle

A

1%

21
Q

What is the water cycle

A

The water cycle is when water evaporates into condensation precipitates

22
Q

The maximum amount of dissolved saw that can be present in drinking water is what parts per million

A

500