The Water Cycle or the Hydrologic Cycle

_____________________- Rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground

Condensation- Conversion of water_________________________ to a ____________________

_____________________________- Process of turning liquid into water vapor (gas)

Runoff- _________________________________ of water from the surface of land.

____________________________- permeation (entering) of liquid into the ground

______________________________- Plants lose water through pores in their leaves. Or “______________________________”

Water on Earth

_______________: The part of Earth that contains water.

______________________________ of Earth

Water is ___________________________________

_______________________ about ~71% of Earth

______________ of Earth’s water is _______________________ or saltwater

___________________________ is about ______ of all of the water on Earth.

_______________________________________ in glaciers, ice caps, and icebergs (ice floating in the ocean)

1/3 of that water is in ___________________________________, and found _______________________________

What type of freshwater if difficult to access? _________________________

Unit 5: Hydrosphere Note Packet Rivers, Streams, & Groundwater

What is required for evaporation of water to occur?

_______________________

Which is denser (salt water/ freshwater)?

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Salinity = the amount of salt in water

How much salt is in saltwater? ___________________________________

How much salt is in freshwater? __________________________________

River Terms

A river is a channel of _____________________________________ toward an _____________________________________.

Meanderis a bend in a river Ox Bow Lake was part of the river

Tributaryis stream connecting to a river

Deltais sediment carried to the mouth of a river

River Formation

Most rivers _____________________ as a tiny _____________________

___________________________ a mountain slope.

The tiny stream is feed water by snow melt or rainwater.

The water _______________________________________ in the land as it ________________________________________________.

Small streams meet and join other growing larger over time.

___________________________________________ of rock from the water also helps to ______________________________________.

River Basins & Watersheds

Both terms describe _____________________________ into a river, stream or lake.

River Basin is an area that _________________________________________.

_____________________ is an area that drains into a smaller river or stream

Larger river basins are made up of many ______________________________.

Example: Cape Fear and __________________________________ are made up of many small watersheds.

How many river basins are in North Carolina?

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