WATERY EARTH QUIZ 1 Flashcards

(37 cards)

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WATER

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A liquid that makes up oceans, rivers, lakes, etc., and falls from the clouds as rain

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Environment

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Everything that surrounds a living thing

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Essential

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Needed for survival

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Human-made

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Produced by humans

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Natural resources

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Things we use that are found in nature, such as water, air, land, forests, oil, and minerals

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Resource

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Things we use that meet our needs and wants. They may be human-made or natural.

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Renewable Resource:

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a resource that grows back or comes back again and again

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Non-Renewable Resource

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a resource that does not grow back or takes a very long time to come back

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EXAMPLES OF NATURAL RESOURCE

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AIR, WATER, TREES, PLANTS, SOIL, SUN, & WIND

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EXAMPLES OF RENEWABLE RESOURCE

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SOIL ,WATER, & TREES/PLANTS

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EXAMPLES OF NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE

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COAL

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ice

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When water is a solid

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VAPOR

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When water is a gas

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Humans can’t survive without _____. It is essential for eating, drinking, and cleaning. But most of us
use much more than we actually need. Worlds most important resource.

A

WATER

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drinking
eating
caring for pets
animal habitat
playing
keeping clean
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water

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16
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adult body is __% water

children/babies are __% water

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60% adult

90% babies/children

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forms saliva (digestion)

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allows body’s cells to grow, reproduce, & survive

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flushes body waste

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lubricates joints

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regulates body temperature

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converts food for digestion

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delivers oxygen all over the body

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precipitation

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Condensation that forms in clouds and falls to the ground as rain, snow, or hail

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Body of Water
Surface water that has collected in a lake, river, stream, or other area
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Dissolve
When a solid, such as salt, mixes with and becomes part of a liquid, such as water.
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Fresh Water
Water with little or no salt dissolved in it. Found in rivers, streams, and most lakes
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Salt water
Water with salt dissolved in it. Found mainly in oceans and seas
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Surface Water
Liquid water on the surface of the earth, not underground or in the air.
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Aquifer
A porous underground layer of rock, sand or soil in which water is stored
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Gravity
The downward pull on all objects toward the center of the earth
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Groundwater
Water that is stored beneath the earth’s surface.
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Percolate
To move slowly down through the earth’s layers
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Porous
Having many small spaces or holes
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water cycle
- precipitation - surface runoff into lakes/soil/ocean - evaporation - condensation
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Earths oceans/seas make up a majority of the ____on our planet.
- salt water | - only 3% of the earth's water is fresh water
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an _____acts like a ____
Aquifier...sponge. | When it dries out, its area may shrink. When it fills, it expands