5: Water and Water Resources
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- 2262
Learning Objectives
By the end of this chapter you should be able to
- Review the distribution of water on earth
- Discuss at least three reasons why water molecules are polar
- Relate temperature to relative humidity in the atmosphere
- Evaluate how insolation drives the water cycle
Thumbnail: Leather bucket used for the water well. (CC-SA-BY 3.0; Neogeolegend).