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SCIENCE READING: Earth's Water

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RESPOND TO EACH ITEM. Check your reading passage for answers to 1-5.

1. Just how much water is there on (and in) the Earth?             
2. How many cubic miles of water are stored inside the earth?
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4. Which body of water has the freshest water - the melted water from a glacier or the water running in a river?
    
5. What is an icecap?
    

When you complete your comments, check some possible answers.

1. In each column list some differences between terms in the left column and the right column, following the example.   If you want, look up the definition of each in your reading, a dictionary or encyclopedia. Ask your friends. (Print your answers and place them in your folder for your instructor.)

2. What does recycling mean?

ANSWER to cycle again, or place in the system again

3. Does everything have a molecule?             

ANSWER You bet! All matter is made up of atoms and molecules. You'll study those later.

4. What do you think the "re" in recycling means?

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VOCABULARY

opposite ~ constant ~ process ~ evaporation ~ cycle ~ process ~ state

1. The balance of water on Earth remains fairly  over time.
2. Evaporation is the   where a liquid  changes  to a gas  .
3. Condensation is the   of evaporation.

ANSWER 1.constant; 2.process - state; 3.opposite

4. Surface runoff is an important part of the water  .
5. This process of   through plant leaves is called transpiration.
6. In large forests, an enormous amount of water will   through leaves.
7. It rains when the temperature and atmospheric   are right.

ANSWER 4.cycle; 5.evaporation; 6.transpire; 7.pressure