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Title: Water Study Cards
Description: Water Study Cards
Number of Cards: 43
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Author: ajordan18
Created: 2002-10-16
Tags: earth earthsciences
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    • Question
    • Answer
    • Side 3
    • In the water cycle, heat is absorbed during?
    • evaporation
    • Water is in a gas state in?
    • atmosphere
    • After the layer in the ground of the rocks that water can pass between, It comes to a layer of?
    • solid rock
    • Precipitation in the form of very small pieces of ice is?
    • sleet
    • When it rains water passes through the soil into the?
    • pore spaces
    • Which is not a part of the water cycle?
      evaporation, condensation, precipitation or melting.
    • melting
    • During high or low tide does the ocean not come up high on the shore?
    • low tide
    • Tides are caused by the pull of?
      between the __, ___, and ___
    • gravity earth moon and sun
    • The upper area of groundwater is called?
    • soilwater
    • The least amount of Earth's water is found in?
    • soil, groundwater, lakes and rivers
    • For a well to produce water, its bottom must be below the?
    • water table
    • Precipitation that does not soak in the ground or soil or evaporates is?
    • runoff
    • The tiny spaces between the particles of soil that lets liquid and gasses pass through are called?
    • pore spaces
    • Groundwater is stored in?
    • porous rock
    • In the water cycle, heat is released during?
    • condensation
    • Condensed water droplets in the atmosphere form?
    • clouds
    • Water vapor particles in the atmosphere lose heat energy, slow down, and ?
    • Condense
    • The up and down movement of the water is called a?
    • wave
    • Water stored in spaces and cracks of underground rock is called?
    • groundwater
    • Water mixed with waste is?
    • sewage
    • Water moves very quickly through ______ pore spaces.
    • large
    • Two causes of water pollution is?
    • humans and industry
    • Most of the earth's water is?
    • saltwater
    • Deep ocean currents occur where the water is?
    • Cold and salty
    • Rain, snow, hail, and sleet are forms of?
    • precipitation
    • The three steps of the water cycle are
    • condensation evaporation and precipitation
    • A liquid is passed through materials that remove impurities. This process is called?
    • filtration
    • Plants lose water through their leaves in a process called?
    • transpiration
    • The most common way to get water is by digging a?
    • well
    • Winds cause oceans to have?
    • waves
    • Most of Earth's water is found in?
    • Ocean and Seas
    • Moving water to farms in dry places is called?
    • irrigation
    • The form in which the precipitation falls depends on?
    • temperature
    • Water in the atmosphere is a gas called?
    • water vapor
    • Clouds are formed when the water?
    • condenses
    • The use of water saving methods is called?
    • conservation
    • Factors that affect runoff are soil type and?
    • precipitation
    • When waves move against the shore and wear away the land, it is called?
    • erosion
    • When there is little or no precipitation, a ____________ may occur?
    • drought
    • The process in which water particles change from a liquid to a gas is called?
    • evaporation
    • Precipitation that does not soak into the soil is called?
    • runoff
    • Water exsists in three states. What are they?
    • solid, liquid, and gas
    • Water suitable for human use is found in _________ and ___________
    • goundwater and rivers