Sci Ch. 12 Fresh Water

What is the water cycle?

• water moving from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

• water in the cracks and spaces underground

• groundwater bubbles out of the ground

• streams and small rivers that feed into a main river

What is groundwater?

• lake that stores water for human use

• water in the cracks and spaces underground

• land that is covered with water during part or all the year

• streams and small rivers that feed into a main river

What are tributaries?

• water moving from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

• water can go through it

• lake that stores water for human use

• streams and small rivers that feed into a main river

What is a reservoir?

• water cannot easily go through it

• lake that stores water for human use

• land that is covered with water during part or all the year

• groundwater bubbles out of the ground

What is a wetland?

• groundwater bubbles out of the ground

• water can go through it

• water in the cracks and spaces underground

• land that is covered with water during part or all the year

What does permeable mean?

• water in the cracks and spaces underground

• water can go through it

• water moving from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

• water cannot easily go through it

What does impermeable mean?

• water moving from Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back

• Water goes through it

• lake that stores water for human use

• water cannot easily go through it

What happens at a spring?

• lake that stores water for human use

• streams and small rivers that feed into a main river

• groundwater bubbles out of the ground

• water in the cracks and spaces underground

True or False: A geyser is cold water from the ground.

• True

• False

True or False: About 3% of the world’s water is fresh water.

• True

• False