Water cycle

Question 1

what are 4 main organic substances

Answer 1

carbonhydraytes,protiens, fats,and liquids, nucelic acids and DNA.

Question 2

what is an organic substance

Answer 2

anything living or dead

Question 3

what is present in all organic substances

Answer 3

carbon

Question 4

what are 5 examples of fossil fuels

Answer 4

coal, natural gas, crude oil, shale, petrolium.

Question 5

why are fossil fuels called fossil fuels

Answer 5

they used to be part of a living thing

Question 6

what is a pencil made up of

Answer 6

wood, graphite, aluminum, and rubber

Question 7

how is enviromental protection provided

Answer 7

there are enough laws and policies that protect the environment

Question 8

what is transpiration

Answer 8

a process by which plants release excess water into the atmosphere

Question 9

what is surface water

Answer 9

some of the water remains on the surface to form surface water

Question 10

what are the 3 important areas to philosophy and sustainability

Answer 10

economic development, social development and environmental protection.

Question 11

what is prciqitatetim

Answer 11

when clouds become to heavy and rain, snow, hail, sleat, freezing rain,

Question 12

ground water

Answer 12

when water penetrates the ground

Question 13

what is sustainabillity

Answer 13

a way of life that balances human activity to have less of an impact on the environment and protect the longativity

Question 14

what is leachate

Answer 14

toxic chemicals that arereleased from composted trash

Question 15

what is social devolopment

Answer 15

the ways in which communities and people can have improved health and well being, better economic and socail security

Question 16

what is recycling

Answer 16

a process of collection, processing, and reuse of materials that would otherwise be thrown away.

Question 17

how does the ocean get its salt

Answer 17

the ocean gets its water from rivers, rivers get their salt from the minerals of rocks along the way

Question 18

what is the process of the water cycle

Answer 18

evporporates from rivers to form water vapor then transpiration plant release excess water then water condenses and forms clouds then clouds ferticipate then they create ground/ surface water.

Question 19

what is economic devolopment

Answer 19

the ways in which communities and people can make money without doing harm to the enviroment

Question 20

what forms clouds

Answer 20

tiny water droplets come together and form clouds

Question 21

how do rivers start

Answer 21

snow melts at the top of mountains and starts trickling down in the form water

Question 22

what a non-renewable rescoursce

Answer 22

a rescourse hat cannot be replaced as fast as they are consumed, they are used faster then they can be renewed by nature

Question 23

3 examples of natraul rescousces

Answer 23

animals, timber, and water

Question 24

what is disrupting the water cycle

Answer 24

fossil fuels

Question 25

what are stomata

Answer 25

small openings on the underside of the leaves where excess water leaves the plant.

Question 26

what is a renweable resource

Answer 26

a rescoursce that can be replaced by natural proscess

Question 27

what is the water cycle

Answer 27

the water cycle is the proscess by which water is continually renewed

Question 28

what is a natraul rescousre

Answer 28

materials people use from the enviroment

Question 29

what makes up leachate

Answer 29

toluene, phenols, benzene, ammonia, dioxins, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlorinated pesticides and heavy metals

Question 30

why is water a renewable resource

Answer 30

water is a renewable resource if its use is carefully controlled.

Question 31

what is evaporation

Answer 31

the process by which a liquid turns into a gas

Question 32

what is condensation

Answer 32

the process where water vapor becomes liquid.

Question 33

what are the advantages of recycling

Answer 33

ges of Recycling 1. Recycling reduces the release of dangerous or toxic substances into landfills. A lot of household waste contains toxic chemicals, which would end up in a landfill and possibly contaminate the ground water if not recycled.

Question 34

what is the definition of mining

Answer 34

Mining is the process of extracting minerals, metals, and other valuable materials from the earth's crust.

Question 35

\what is the definition of logging

Answer 35

Logging is the process of cutting down trees and removing them from forests for commercial purposes, such as producing lumber or paper products.