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How does water "travel" around the Earth?
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3. Student Learning Map
- Topic:The Role of Water
- Subject(s):Science
- Days:12
- Grade(s):6
Key Learning:
The water on Earth's surface is in constant motion and changes forms in a never ending cycle; the total amount of this water, however, does not change.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Vocabulary:water cycle, hydrosphere, glaciers, condensation, evaporation, run off, precipitation, ground water, water vapor, fresh water, salt water
Vocabulary:abyss, abyssal plain, Antarctic Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, basin, black smokers, continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, guyot, Indian Ocean, island, oceanic ridge, oceanic trench, ooze, Pacific Ocean, salinity, seamount, sediment, sonar, submersible, topography
Vocabulary:Coriolis Effect, El Nino, La Nina, gyre, Gulf Stream, neap tide, prevailing winds, spring tide, trough, tsunami, wavelength, wave crest, wave frequency, wave height, wave period
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