Minerals And Water Resources (pages 75-89)

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  1. 2. Most surface water on Earth is found in ___________ (page 86)
  2. 4. Water is needed to produce our food, manufacture products, and carry out many chemical ______________(page 88)
  3. 7. All rivers begin as a small flow of water caused by ________________ (page 86)
  4. 9. The molten and semi-molten rock mixture found beneath Earth's surface (page77)
  5. 13. When magma breaks to the surface is is known as __________ (page77)
  6. 14. Most of the water on Earth is ___________ water (Page 85)
  7. 15. Minerals are used in the production of buildings, ____________, electronics, and other materials we use every day. ( page 80)
  8. 16. Humans access groundwater resources by digging wells in _______________ (page 88)
  9. 19. Although Earth is known as the water planet the water that living things rely on represents only a ___________ of the planets total water (page 85)
  10. 20. Surface water is _____________ found on top of Earth's land surface (page86)
  11. 22. ___________ are made from one or more minerals(page 75)
  12. 24. Fish are replenished through a ____________ cycle (page 89)
  13. 26. A fair amount of water is contained ___________ as groundwater (page 85)
  14. 27. Desalination plants around the world are _________ and require a lot of energy to distill saltwater (page89)
  15. 28. When a mineral deposit is large enough and valuable enough to be extracted from the ground it is known as an _________ (page75)
  16. 30. _____________ can result in sever reductions or complete collapses of ocean ecosystems and the resources they provide (page 89)
  17. 32. Some valuable minerals are located in parts of the world that are politically __________________ (page 80)
  18. 34. _________________ rely on minerals in many ways (page80)
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  1. 1. Something else that is often made from minerals (page 80)
  2. 3. Nonrenewable resources means when they are removed from the ground they will ________ grow back anytime soon (page 80)
  3. 5. Gold, __________, and talc are a few examples of minerals (page 75)
  4. 6. This removes salt and minerals from saltwater to make freshwater (page 89)
  5. 8. Humans rely on water not only to live and grow, but also for agriculture and ______________________ (page 88)
  6. 10. Deep groundwater reservoirs can take hundreds or thousands of years to _____________________(page 87)
  7. 11. The water _________ circulates water through Earths Oceans and other bodies of water on and below the surface (page 85)
  8. 12. Surface water is not evenly ______________ across Earth (page86)
  9. 17. a solid substance that is non living and made from a particular combination of elements(page 75)
  10. 18. Elements in a solution can __________ to form a new mineral (page 77)
  11. 21. Other minerals may form from ______________ in the ocean or on land (page78)
  12. 23. The presence of groundwater depends on the type of rock layers in Earth's ____________(page87)
  13. 25. Humans rely on the ocean to provide a number of other important resources besides water such as __________ organisms for food and other products (page 89)
  14. 29. In some areas humans are ________________ water resources faster than they are being replenished (page 88)
  15. 30. New studies of Earth's mantle reveal there may be many _________ worth of water locked hundreds of kilometers below the surface (page87)
  16. 31. _______ is rare at the surface because most of it sank into the core when the early Earth was molten (page 78)
  17. 33. We may eventually use __________ energy to convert ocean water to freshwater (page 89)