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Chapter 7- Water Test

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What forms when water vapor turns into ice crystals?
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What does almost all of Earth's fresh water start as?
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What forms when water vapor changes into tiny water droplets or ice crystals?
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Whad is a cloud at ground level?
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Why does water have to be treated before we can use it?
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What acts as a filter to remove small particles from water that flows through it?
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Ice crystals will fall as snow if the air _____________ the clouds and ground has a temperature below zero degrees Celsius.
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What is the layer of rock and soil that groundwater occupies?
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What brings rain and snow to all parts of the world?
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The energy of what causes most melting, evaporation and sublimation?
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Could precipitation occur before evaporation?
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Where does evaporation take place?
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What would Earth be like if the hydrosphere covered only 25 percent of its surface?
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What is another possible path in the water cycle- when ice changes directly to water vapor without melting first?
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When do organisms produce water?
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What is an aquifer comprised of?
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If air near the ground is very cold, what is it called when raindrops freeze before it hits the ground?
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Where is most of Earth's ice found?
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What is needed to raise water vapor to the clouds and move it by winds?
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In what forms of water is the fresh water on Earth's surface located?
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Fog
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Oceans, Lakes, Rivers and Puddles
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Energy, originally coming from the sun
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Clouds
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No, water must first evaporate into the atmosphere before it can condense and fall back to Earth as precipitation.
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Rain or snow
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Between
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Layers of rock and soil
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Greenland and Antarctica
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Sublimation
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Water is treated to kill bacteria and remove pollutants.
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Sleet
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An aquifer
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Frost
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Rivers, Streams, Lakes and Ice
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Sunlight, or the sun
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Sand
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During Respiration
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It would probably have large deserts and much less rainfall.
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A cloud
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How would a mouthful of ocean water taste?
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What is also called an ice storm and is rain that freezes as soon as it hits the cold ground or other cold objects?
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What is it called when the water vapor turns into liquid, such as water droplets in clouds?
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What affects the forming of clouds?
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What is the area from which water drains into a river?
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What is the top level of groundwater in an aquifer called?
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Clouds often form when air moves _____ to the areas of less air pressure.
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What is an artificial lake that forms behind a dam?
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What mid-altitute clouds have their bases between 2,000 miles and 7,000 miles above the ground and look like small, puffy balls?
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What fraction of Earth's water is not ocean water?

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