topic 9 - ecosystems (the water cycle)

Question 1

desalination

Answer 1

a process that produces fresh drinking water by separating the water from the salts in salty water

Question 2

distillation

Answer 2

the process of separating a liquid from a mixture by evaporating the liquid and then condensing it (so that it can be collected)

Question 3

potable

Answer 3

suitable for drinking

Question 4

water cycle

Answer 4

a sequence of processes by which water moves through abiotic and biotic parts of an ecosystem