Water, Water Everywhere

What is hydrology?

• the study of weather patterns throughout the earth

• the study of oceans and freshwater sources

• the study of the movement and distribution of water on earth

• the study of the movement of air throughout the earth

What does the author describe in the passage?

• the evolution of aquatic species

• the movement and distribution of water on Earth

• the history of sea-based exploration

• life on Earth during the Ice Age

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

When we study other planets or their moons, we look for traces of water to see if the place could have supported life. It is so important that many people fear if it continues to become scarcer, wars may be fought over water in the future!

Based on the above evidence, what conclusion can be made?

• Water constantly cycles on, below and above the earth’s surface.

• Water is crucial in supporting life.

• Over 70% of the total surface of our planet is covered with water.

• About 96.5% of the world’s water is found in the oceans.

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The amount of water in rivers and lakes is always changing due to inflows and outflows. Based on the information in this passage and the diagram, what are these inflows and outflows part of?

• the evaporation process

• the water cycle

• the precipitation process

• human-controlled systems

What is this passage mainly about?

• factors impacting the amount of fresh water

• human use of fresh water

• the processes of the water cycle

• the different sources of water on Earth

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Definition: When things happen in a certain order and then start again from the beginning.

• repeat

• cycle

• sequence

• pattern

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

State: What is the definition according to the text?

• a large land area

• a nation or territory as an organized political community

• The condition of a person or thing

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Surface: What is the definition?

• Under something

• The outside limit or top layer of something

• above an area

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4