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Please label the arrows showing the steps of the Water Cycle
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Another name for the water cycle is ___ ________ _____
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the hydrologic cycle
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What percent of water vapor in the atmosphere comes from the LAND? As a result, what percent comes from the OCEAN?
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16%, 84%
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What are the two energy sources that fuel the water cycle?
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Solar Energy
Gravity |
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What happens to most of the precipitation that reaches the Earth?
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It becomes runoff
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What is a natural effect of runoff?
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Soil Erosion
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What are the other two results of the precipitation if it is not runoff?
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Some precipitation is converted to ice and is stored as glaciers
Also precipitation can create groundwater storage areas called aquifers |
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What are aquifers?
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groundwater storage areas
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What percent of the Earth's water supply is available to us humans as liquid freshwater? Where can this water be found?
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about 0.024% of the earth's vast water supply is available to us as liquid freshwater in accessible groundwater deposits, lakes, rivers, and streams.
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What are 3/4 ways that humans affect the water cycle?
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Taking water faster than it can be made
Clearing vegetation Adding pollutants to the water Global Warming speeds up the water cycle |
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How does humans clearing vegetation effect the water cycle?
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Increases runoff which reduces water soaking into the ground which increases the risk of flooding
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