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Where most of Earth's water is found. Cover more of the Earth's surface than land. |
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A substance that dissolves another substance, forming a solution |
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Allows water to soak up a paper towel |
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Positive Hydrogen ends of one water molecule |
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Attract the negative oxygen ends of other water molecules |
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Why does ice float in water? |
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
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Example of using water for industry |
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Why do water molecules stick together? |
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Because water consists of polar molecules |
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A mixture that forms when one substance dissolves another |
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Why is water called the Universal Solvent? |
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It dissolves so many substances |
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Tightness across the surface of water that is caused by polar molecules pulling on each other |
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What does water become when it evaporates? |
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The process by which plants release water into the air |
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Why can fish live in lakes during winter? |
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Ice is less dense than liquid water |
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The total amount of water on earth |
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The process by which plants use water to make food |
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Why did many large cities grow up on rivers or coasts? |
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People used the water for transportation |
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What is irrigation used to supply water for? |
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What percent of the Earth's water is fresh water? |
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What is a water molecule made up of? |
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Two Hydrogen atoms bonded to an Oxygen atom |
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The amount of heat needed to increase the temperature of a certain mass of a substance by 1 degree celcius |
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Temperature that liquid water changes into a solid state |
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Where the energy for the water cycle originally comes from |
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When water changes from a liquid to a gas |
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Water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere in the form of a liquid |
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When water changes from a gas to a liquid |
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The form that most of Earth's water is found |
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Earth's total amount of Fresh water |
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