Earth’s Water Water Cycle Surface Water Groundwater Conservation
Final Jeopardy
Category Question: Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is fresh? Answer: 3%
Category Question: Most of Earth's water is found in Answer: Oceans
Category Question: Most of Earth’s fresh water is found in ____ Answer: huge masses of ice near the North and South Poles Answer
Category Question: The ____ fuels the water cycle Answer: sun
Category Question: The amount of water on Earth remains constant because the total amounts of____ and ____ Answer: evaporation and precipitation
Category Question: Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere____ into water droplets Answer: condenses
Category Question: Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet or hail is called _______ Answer: precipitation
Category Question: If you let your hair air dry after going swimming you are taking advantage of which process? Answer: evaporation
Category Question: When plants release water into the atmosphere Answer: transpiration
Category Question: The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change liquid into gas Answer: evaporation
Category 3 – 100 Question: Using less water _____ is called Answer: conservation
Category Question: The land area that supplies water to a river system is called Answer: watershed
Category Question: Increased volume of water entering a river channel Answer: flooding
Category Question: Many large cities grew up on rivers or coasts because people used water for Answer: transportation :
Category Question: When the demand for water is greater than the supply and area experiences ________. Answer: drought
Category Question: Water moves easily through____ materials Answer: permeable
Category Question: Groundwater is found _____ A.in the impermeable layer. B.in the unsaturated zone. C.in the saturated zone. D.All of the above Answer: in the saturated zone
Category Question: People can obtain groundwater by drilling a well___ A.above the water table. B.into the unsaturated zone C.into an aquifer D.into the impermeable layer Answer: into an aquifer
Category Question: New water that enters an aquifer from the surface is called Answer: recharge
Category Question: Groundwater is formed by precipitation, ________ and _______ Answer: accumulation and gravity
Category Question: Marshes, bogs, and swamps are examples of Answer: wetlands
Category Question: A lake that store water for human use is called a ______ Answer: reservoir
Category Question: A lake can be formed in all the following ways EXCEPT by A.a dam blocking the flow of a river. B.water filling the crater of a volcano. C.water collecting in a hollow left by melting ice. D.water flowing quickly through a narrow channel Answer: D water flowing quickly through a narrow channel
Category Question: What seasonal change refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake? Answer: lake turnover
Category Question: Two reasons why we should protect wetlands Answer: flood control, filters water or habitat for animals
Final Jeopardy You will choose one member from your team to represent your team. Only the member you choose can answer the final Jeopardy question. I will reveal the subject. The team will decide how many points they will wager on the question and write it on a piece of paper. I will reveal the answer. The chosen member will have 30 seconds to answer the question on the piece of paper. If you get it right, you will receive the points you wagered, times two If you get it wrong, you will loose the points you wagered.
Final Jeopardy Topic Conservation
Final Jeopardy Question Question: Why should we conserve water? Tie Breaker: List as many ways that we can conserve water
Turn in your answers to me!
Earth’s Water Water Cycle Surface Water Groundwater Conservation