Running Water and Groundwater: BLOCK 10

Running Water & Groundwater

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Wet & Beautiful

Water is everywhere on Earth—oceans, glaciers, rivers, lakes, air, soil, and living tissue. All of these reservoirsmake up Earth’s hydrosphere. Most of it—about 97.2 percent—is stored in oceans, as Figure 1 shows. Ice sheets andglaciers account for another 2.15 percent, leaving only 0.65 percent to be divided among lakes, streams,groundwater, and the atmosphere. The water found in glaciers, ice sheets, lakes, streams, groundwater, and theatmosphere may seem like a tiny percent of Earth’s water, but the actual quantities are great.


ASSIGNMENT:

1. Watch each of the following videos. Write a summary of each of them, being sure to discuss the primary topic of each one. Include and highlight the most important vocabulary in the video.

2. Complete Sections 6.1 through 6.3 in the Guided Reading and Study Workbook.

3. Complete the WordWise exercise on page 48 of the Guided Reading and Study Workbook.

4. Complete any Quiz Questions included in this Block.






















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