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Science Study Guide - Unit 7

SCIENCE STUDY GUIDE: UNIT 7     WATER AND WEATHER

                             *TEST DATE: March 21

VOCABULARY And FACTS TO KNOW!!!

*Weather is the name for the condition of the atmosphere at one place and one time.

*The water cycle shows that water never ends its movement between Earth’s surface and the air.

*Temperature is the measure of : how hot or cold.

Evaporation describes the change from a liquid to a gas.

*Precipitation is the way liquid water moves from air to the ground. The thick layer of gases surrounding the Earth is called air.

*Glaciers and icebergs hold the most  fresh water. A glacier has only frozen water.

*Water vapor is the gas that is part of the weather.

*The correct order for how water from the ocean becomes rain is: evaporation-condensation-precipitation.

WRITING SECTION:

*Why should the atmosphere be studied in order to study winds? Because winds are the movements of gases in the atmosphere.*List reasons to conserve fresh water.

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