Water section 2 Flashcards

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Body processes: why do they require water?

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All organisms need water to break down food, grow, reproduce, and move substances within their bodies

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Photosynthesis

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The process by which plants use water, along ,with carbon dioxide and energy from the sun, to make their own food.

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Water as Shelter

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Bodies of water provide habitats for many living things, like microscopic amoeba or sharks.

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Habitat

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A place where an organism lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive.

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How much of the earth is water?

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About 97%

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How much of the earth is freshwater?

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Only 3%

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Oceans

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Are all interconnected. Atlantic, Indian, Pacific are all names for different parts of the ocean.

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Ground water

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Water that fills the cracks and space in underground and rock layers.

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Ice

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Frozen water

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Water cycle

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The process by which earths water is naturally recycled through a process called the water cycle.

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Transpiration

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The water given off though the leaves of a plant.

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Precipitation

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Water that falls back to earth as rain snow hail or sleet.

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Oceans

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Big body’s of water that cover earths surface.

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What living things on earth need water?

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All living things on earth need water in order to live.

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Hoc much fresh water on earth is available to people with ought having to get it from under ground?

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1%

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