Hydrosphere

What is the hydrosphere?

• all the rocks and solid parts of earth

• all the water on earth

• all the air on earth

• all the life on earth

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What is NOT an example of freshwater?

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Oceans

• Groundwater

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Why is freshwater important?

• So we can have lakes and Rivers

• There is no such thing as freshwater.

• We need it to survive.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When water goes from being a liquid to a gas (water vapor), that process is called

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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When water goes from being a gas (water vapor) to a liquid, that process is called

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The type of water found in oceans; it is not safe for us to drink.

• Salt Water

• Fresh Water

What is runoff?

• Condensation that runs off your glass.

• Water that is under the ground.

• Precipitation that flows across land or falls into streams and river.

• Condensation that drips into streams and rivers.

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What is desalination?

• The process of cleaning water of pollutants.

• The process of adding salt and impurities into the ocean.

• The process of cleaning water of impurities.

• The process of removing salt from salt water to make it safe for living things to use.

The demand for water around the world is_________.

• decreasing

• increasing

• declining

• constant

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Rainwater that flows over land without sinking into the soil.

• runoff

• spring

• groundwater

• aqueduct

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