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3 obs in Science: Tracking Earth’s Water

Objectives

➜ ➜ Investigate how water changes from one state to another, relating it to
heat gain or loss. (How climate scientists use data on water temperature

and forms to track changes to the Earth.)
➜ ➜ Describe the concepts of the boiling point of water, the freezing point of
water, and the melting point of ice at room temperature.

Vocabulary

• Acid rain • Freeze • Precipitation

• Climate change • Freezing point • Rainfall
• Coastal • Hydrologist • Recycle

• Drought • Melt • State
• Evaporation • Polar regions • Water cycle
• Flood • Pollution • Water vapour

Let’s Start

What is a hydrologist?

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