WATERY EARTH QUIZ 1 Flashcards
WATER
A liquid that makes up oceans, rivers, lakes, etc., and falls from the clouds as rain
Environment
Everything that surrounds a living thing
Essential
Needed for survival
Human-made
Produced by humans
Natural resources
Things we use that are found in nature, such as water, air, land, forests, oil, and minerals
Resource
Things we use that meet our needs and wants. They may be human-made or natural.
Renewable Resource:
a resource that grows back or comes back again and again
Non-Renewable Resource
a resource that does not grow back or takes a very long time to come back
EXAMPLES OF NATURAL RESOURCE
AIR, WATER, TREES, PLANTS, SOIL, SUN, & WIND
EXAMPLES OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE
SOIL ,WATER, & TREES/PLANTS
EXAMPLES OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE
COAL
ice
When water is a solid
VAPOR
When water is a gas
Humans can’t survive without _____. It is essential for eating, drinking, and cleaning. But most of us
use much more than we actually need. Worlds most important resource.
WATER
drinking eating caring for pets animal habitat playing keeping clean
water
adult body is __% water
children/babies are __% water
60% adult
90% babies/children
forms saliva (digestion)
water
allows body’s cells to grow, reproduce, & survive
water
flushes body waste
water
lubricates joints
water
regulates body temperature
water
converts food for digestion
water
delivers oxygen all over the body
water
precipitation
Condensation that forms in clouds and falls to the ground as rain, snow, or hail
Body of Water
Surface water that has collected in a lake, river, stream, or other area
Dissolve
When a solid, such as salt, mixes with and becomes part of a liquid, such as water.
Fresh Water
Water with little or no salt dissolved in it. Found in rivers, streams, and most lakes
Salt water
Water with salt dissolved in it. Found mainly in oceans and seas
Surface Water
Liquid water on the surface of the earth, not underground or in the air.
Aquifer
A porous underground layer of rock, sand or soil in which water is stored
Gravity
The downward pull on all objects toward the center of the earth
Groundwater
Water that is stored beneath the earth’s surface.
Percolate
To move slowly down through the earth’s layers
Porous
Having many small spaces or holes
water cycle
- precipitation
- surface runoff into lakes/soil/ocean
- evaporation
- condensation
Earths oceans/seas make up a majority of the ____on our planet.
- salt water
- only 3% of the earth’s water is fresh water
an _____acts like a ____
Aquifier…sponge.
When it dries out, its area may shrink. When it fills, it expands
