water

Question 1

what are water stores

Answer 1

place where water is contained in, can be categorised as freshwater and saltwater stores

Question 2

examples of freshwater stores

Answer 2

glaciers, rivers, lakes, groundwater and soils

Question 3

examples of saltwater stores

Answer 3

oceans/seas

Question 4

what is soil moisture

Answer 4

water that is stored in the pores of soil when it rains

Question 5

what is groundwater

Answer 5

-found below surface of earth
-water enters ground through pores in soil due to gravity
-groundwater forms when part of the water makes its way to the rocks beneath
-water fills up pores and cracks of rocks
-people dig wells to access groundwater

Question 6

hydrological cycle

Answer 6

precipitation:
-water falls as rain/snow
groundwater
-water that seeps into ground may be absorbed by plants or stored as groundwater
surface runoff:
-water flows from highlands and over the ground surface into streams and rivers
evaporation:
-sun’s heat causes water to evaporate, water change into water vapour
transpiration:
-plants give out water vapour through leaves
condensation:
-warm moist air cools as it rises
-water vapour change into water droplets, which combine to form bigger droplets
-large amount of water droplets gather to form clouds

Question 7

what is a flood

Answer 7

-overflow of a large amount of water onto what is normally dry land
-occur when amount of water is not drained away efficiently by man-made structures

Question 8

what is a drought

Answer 8

a long period of little/no rainfall, water stores such as reservoirs and groundwater dry up