What is water?? Flashcards
What is a non renewable resource?
Can only be replaced by millions of years
Give 2 examples of a renewable resource
Forest, Energy ,electricity,soil, water
Give 2 examples of a non renewable resource?
Oil,coal
What is a natural resource
Raw materials that occur in the environment which are nessecary or are useful for people
What is a renewable resource
A resource which can be replaced over a short period of time
Is water a renewable resouce?
Water is a renewable resource because it is constantly being recycled through the water cycle.
Name the place water stays the longest
Antarctic ice sheets, then ground water ,glaciers,ocean
Provide your own example to show how the water cycle works?
For example dinosaurs drink water then unintended it out its sinks in to the ground then evaporate and condenses to dense clouds and then is rained down as precipitation it then has ‘runoff’ back to the stream.
What is groundwater?*
Ground water is water found under the ground
What does the word permeable mean?
Allowing liquid or gas to pass through
What is groundwater recharge?
When surface water filters down and refills aquafire
What is Bluewater?
Fresh surface water and ground water eg lakes,rivers
What is green water ?
Water is stored in the soil or in vegetation eg water in plants, gardens
What is runoff??
run-off precipitation not absorbed by soil, and which runs over the land and into streams
