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| H2O is a compound that can exist as a |
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| two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom |
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| Fresh water is water that is not |
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| salty and has little or no taste, color, or odor. |
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| Freshwater can be found in |
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| rivers, many lakes, underground in aquifers, and in the form of ice. |
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| All precipitation that falls to the surface of Earth is |
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| Salt water is water that contains |
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| dissolved salts and other minerals |
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| Salt water is not for human consumption. Meaning humans cannot |
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| drink saltwater or use saltwater. |
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| The salt in the Earth’s oceans comes from |
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| minerals dissolved from rocks as water moves toward the oceans. |
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| Most of the water on the Earth is |
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| saltwater. Only a small amount is fresh water. |
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| e majority of the Earth's surface is covered with |
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| The water on Earth is not evenly distributed. Most of it is |
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| The total volume of water on the Earth is |
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| 97% of Earth’s water is in the oceans as |
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| frozen in ice caps and glaciers. |
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| Less than 1% (0.65%) of Earth’s water is fresh water in |
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| lakes, streams, groundwater, and water vapor in the atmosphere. |
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| H2O (water) cycles through states of matter in the atmosphere based on |
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| The water cycle has three stages: |
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| precipitation, evaporation, and condensation |
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| The process in which water changes from liquid to vapor is called |
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| Transpiration is the evaporation of water from |
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| Condensation is the process in which water vapor in the atmosphere becomes |
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| When water falls from clouds as liquid or solid it is called |
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| The cycling of water in and out of the atmosphere plays an important role in determining |
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| Water evaporation from the surface of the earth |
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| rises and cools, condenses into rain or snow, and falls again to the surface. |
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| Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are all forms of |
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| Rain falls to the ground and collects in streams that flow into rivers, that eventually lead to the |
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| The water, which is a solvent, falling on land collects in |
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| rivers and lakes, soil, and porous layers of rock, and much of it flows back into the ocean. |
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| Most rain falls on the Earth’s oceans because most of Earth is |
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| Most of the water that evaporates on Earth, evaporates from the The |
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| salt and minerals are left behind in the |
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| Salts have become concentrated in the sea (compared with freshwater) because the sun's heat causes the evaporation of water, leaving |
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| the salts and minerals behind. |
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| If LESS fresh water flowed into the oceans in the future, the world’s |
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| oceans would become more salty. |
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| If MORE fresh water flowed into the world’s oceans, they would become |
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| 2% of Earth’s total water is |
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| frozen in ice caps and glaciers. |
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| Less than 1% (0.65%) of Earth’s water is fresh water in |
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| lakes and streams, groundwater, and water vapor in the atmosphere. |
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| Most of the freshwater on Earth is located in |
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| Groundwater is water that occurs as a liquid resource that is dispersed through |
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| innumerable holes, pores, fractures and cavities in bodies of rock or sediment. |
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| the rock has many pores and things can easily penetrate it. |
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| When something is impermeable then water cannot |
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| underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water. |
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| A layer of impermeable rock is located immediately BELOW |
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| A layer of permeable rock is located ABOVE |
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| Aquifers have rocks that have very large pores in them. This allows them to hold |
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| How do we get water out of aquifers? |
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| Pumps pull the water up from the aquifer. |
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| What is saltwater intrusion? |
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| Saltwater from the ocean entering a fresh water aquifer. |
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| heat from magma heats water and forces it to shoot out of the ground. |
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| Water in an artesian spring THAT flows naturally out of the ground because of |
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| Springs are naturally formed locations where ground water comes to the surface and wells are |
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| man-made structures designed to bring water to the surface from deep underground. |
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| Human have access to use less than one percent of the water on Earth for |
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| drinking and personal hygiene. |
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| This less than one percent is also used for |
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| agriculture, fisheries, transportation, heating and cooling, manufacturing, and many other purposes. |
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| Unless humans use freshwater wisely, rivers, lakes, and groundwater can become |
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| depleted or polluted, and unavailable or unsuitable for life. |
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| Much of our municipal and industrial water comes out of |
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| Many countries on Earth are experiencing a |
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| Rainwater picks up particles and gases when it falls through the air.If the air is polluted, the rainwater becomes |
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| fish and plant life in lakes, rivers, and ponds. |
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| Where do most people get their drinking water? |
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| The Floridian Aquifer stretches from |
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| Florida and South Carolina. |
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| Why is the Floridian Aquifer important to ME? |
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| Most residents of Georgia get their drinking water from the Floridian Aquifer. |
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| Why is it unwise to drink from streams and rivers? |
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| Microscopic plants and animals live in the water and can cause humans serious illnesses and can lead to death. |
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| How do cities clean the water that comes out of your house? |
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| Cities use wastewater treatment plants to clean the water. |
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| How does dumping toxic material in one state hurt people in another state? |
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| The material can sink underground and enter the underground aquifers. |
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| Why don’t more nations use ocean water for farming and human consumption? |
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| Cost of purifying it to become fresh is too expensive. |
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| Continuous movement of water on Earth, through the atmosphere and in the living things on Earth. |
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| the part of the erosion process in which sediment is placed in a new location |
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| the process in which weathered particles are picked up and moved from one place to another |
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| the natural force that tends to cause physical things to move toward each other - the force that caused things to fall toward Earth |
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| the nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up |
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| preservation, protection, or restoration of the natural environment, natural ecosystems, vegetation, and wildlife |
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| process in which water changes from liquid to vapor |
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| process in which vapor in the atmosphere becomes liquid |
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| water that falls from clouds |
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| evaporation of water from plants |
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| will not allow water to pass through |
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| allowing the passage of water |
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| an underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains water |
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| highest part in the ground that is completely filled with water |
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