Year 7 Science Flashcards
What are the three r’s?
Reduce,reuse, recycle
What is irrigation?
Practice used in agriculture that provides water to crops
What is precipitation
Rain falling back to earth
What are types of renewable energy?
Biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind
What percentage of the world surface is covered in water?
70%
What percentage of the earths water is salt water?
97.5%
What is saturated air?
When air can’t hold anymore water vapor
What is percolation?
When rain soaks into the soil
What is transpiration?
Process of evaporation of water from plants
Name some examples of made resources
Leather, plastic, petrol, glass, cement
What is a renewable resource?
Replaced by natural processes at same rate of use
What is a non renewable resource?
Takes resources
What is a resource?
Anything obtained from the earth to satisfy needs of humans
What are natural resources?
Ricks, minerals, soil, water, air, living things, sunlight
What is ground h2o?
Water (h2o) that exists underground