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Sci: Earth's Water Systems

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  • Example of running water?
    river/stream/creek
  • ____ water often changes the shape of different land forms by causing erosion.
    Flowing
  • What type of storm causes a storm surge?
    hurricane
  • harmful rain caused by burning fossil fuels
    acid rain
  • Makes up all of the Earth's liquid & solid water.
    hydrosphere
  • Example of groundwater
    aquifer
  • Why isn't polluted water safe?
    Any of these work: It can make you sick if you drink it or swim in it. It can harm animals that live in it. All around bad for the environment.
  • weathered rock moving from one place to another ex. when water and wind form canyons
    erosion
  • large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land, forms where snow collects quickly & melts slowly
    glacier
  • When eroded materials (sediment) are dropped off in another place
    deposition
  • Less than 1% of the fresh water on Earth is in the form of what?
    lakes, rivers, etc.
  • Ocean waves crashing into a cliffside are an example of which of Earth's spheres interacting?
    hydrosphere and geosphere
  • Water is a _____ resource.
    limited
  • 97% of the water on the planet is _____ water.
    salt
  • Which form of Earth's freshwater supply is not readily available?
    ice caps & glaciers because they are frozen
  • Ocean waves crashing into a cliffside and breaking down rock are an example of what?
    erosion
  • All the water on Earth is recycled through what cycle?
    water
  • 30% of the freshwater on Earth is in what form?
    Groundwater (water underground)
  • Where is most of the Earth's freshwater found?
    glaciers & ice caps - frozen
  • Where does water go when it evaporates?
    atmosphere
  • The 3 R's of conservation?
    Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • Only 3% of the water on the planet is ____ water.
    fresh
  • Example of standing water?
    reservoir, lake, pond, swamp, marsh
  • the act of saving, protecting, or using resources wisely
    conservation
  • Solid material thats moved & deposited in a new place, like rocks being moved by glaciers or floods moving the dirt from one place to another
    Sediment
  • What is the largest source of SALT water?
    ocean
  • water stored between cracks and spaces between soil and underground rock
    groundwater