Air and Water

Watersheds... Match

• Gulf of Mexico

• Southwest Virginia (2)

• North Carolina Sound

• Southside Virginia (3)

• Chesapeake Bay

• Northern Virginia (1)

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Wetlands Match

• alkaline (basic), grassy

• Bog

• Spongy land that is normally covered in water

• Fen

• regular water, grassy

• Wetland

• has trees

• Marsh

• acidic, grassy

• Swamp

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Select 4 answers that are true about estuaries

• Many animals go there to have their young, so they've been called the "Nurseries of the Sea"

• 
  Virginia's Chesapeake Bay is one of the largest and most productive estuaries in the USA

• There are often wetlands around them

• There are very few plants and animals able to survive there

• They are where freshwater meets saltwater - and are GREAT places to go fishing

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List the components of air from most abundant to least abundant

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide, Argon, Water Vapor, etc.

Answer explanation

Can you live without air?

NO

N- Nitrogen

O - Oxygen

Match the following water words:

• Cloudiness

• Humidity

• Water (Moisture) in the air

• Turbidity

• Saltiness

• Eutrophication

• runoff causing dangerous algae blooms

• Salinity

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What is true about Earth's atmosphere? Select all that apply

• The layer closest to Earth is called the Troposphere.

• The layer closest to Earth is called the Thermosphere.

• The layer closest to the Earth is called the Exosphere.

• Most of the weather that happens takes place in the Troposphere.

• Most of the weather that happens takes place in the Thermosphere.

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What is true about Earth's atmosphere? Select all that apply

• Most of the oxygen is in the Troposphere.

• Most of the oxygen is in the mesosphere.

• The higher up you go, the less oxygen there is.

• The higher up you go, the more oxygen there is.

What is true about Earth's atmosphere? Select all that apply

• Air pressure decreases as altitude increases

• Air pressure increases as altitude increases

• Air pressure decreases as altitude decreases

• In the first few layers, the higher up you go, the colder it gets.

• In the first few layers, the higher up you go, the hotter it gets.

Match the following

• Gray clouds that cover the sky; rain

• Cirrus

• Large, dark clouds; thunderstorms

• Stratus and Nimbostratus

• Fluffy clouds; Good weather

• Cumulonimbus

• Feathery clouds; Good weather now but maybe bad later

• Cumulus

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Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

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