Welcome to the "Water Quest"
TASK: Go on an internet scavenger hunt to find answers to the following questions. Informative internet links are listed below. Students who complete the search correctly can earn the coveted "Blue Whale Award." It's not as easy as you think! Questions will get harder as you progress through The Quest!
PROCESS: Read each of the following questions. Surf through the given internet links to find the correct answers, when finished click on the "back" button to return to this page. Write answers on the Data Sheet in your own words. Don't drown on one question that may be difficult -- you can always swim another lap later. If you are a top surfer and earn the Blue Whale Award, your teacher can print out a certificate. (see For Teacher's Eyes Only). Teacher note: data sheet and certificate may need Adobe Acrobat in order to print graphics.
QUESTIONS:
1. True or False. There is more water on Earth today than there was when the Earth was formed.
2. How much of the world's water is drinkable?
3. What are the three states of water?
4. In which state of matter are the molecules of water bunched together?
5. What powers the Water Cycle?
6. What is the process called when surface molecules of water become energized and rise as invisible vapor?
7. List three forms of precipitation.
8. What is another name for subterranean water that is held in cracks and pore spaces of the Earth?
9. How much of the world's surface is covered with water? Draw a circular graph to show the relative proportions.
10. Almost 10% of the world's land mass is covered with ___________ . These are mostly located on which two continents?
11. How many cubic miles of water is in the atmosphere at one time? If it fell as precipitation at once, the Earth would be covered with about how much water?
12. How is a cloud named and who invented the process?
13. How many important processes make up the water cycle. Explain each.
14. How much water does it take to grow a hamburger?
15. Why is the Water Cycle important?
RESOURCES:
Water Science for Schools - The Challenge
EVALUATION:
Correct answers Rating
13-15 Blue Whale!
10-12 Shark
7-9 Sea Turtle
4-6 Guppy
<4 Snail
CONCLUSION: It's not too late to extend the "Water Quest." Find some more interesting information in these links that you have not been questioned on, illustrate a water cycle, or quiz your friends on water cycle vocabulary. REMEMBER the WATER CYCLE: where a drip takes a trip.
Created by Gail and Kim
Galveston Bay Project
Click me to go home.
