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26 Cards in this Set
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habitat |
an enviorment that provides the things a specific organisms needs to live, grow, and reproduced |
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groundwater |
water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
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water cycle |
the continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
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evaporation |
the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid |
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transpiration |
the process which water is lost by the plant's leaves |
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precipitation |
any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface such as rain, sleet, hail, and snow |
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runoff |
water from rainfall, melting snow, and ice |
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condensation |
the change in state from a gas to a liquid |
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tributary |
a stream or river that flows into a larger river |
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watershed |
the land area that supplies water to a river |
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divide |
a ridge of land that seperates one watershed from another |
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reservior |
a lake that stores water for human use |
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eutrophication |
the buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that that leads to an increase in growth and algae |
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salinity |
the total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample |
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sonar |
a system that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water |
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seamount |
a steep-sided volcanic montain rising from the deep-ocean floor |
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trench |
a deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor |
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continental slope |
a steep incline of the ocean-floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf |
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continental shelf |
a gently, sloping shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent |
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abyssal plain |
a smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor |
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mid-ocean ridge |
an undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced |
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current |
a large stream of moving water that flows through te oceans |
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coriolis effect |
the effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents |
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climate |
the average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area |
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el nino |
an abnormal climate that occurs every two to seven years in the pacific ocean, causing changes in winds, current, and weather patterns for one to two years |
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el nina |
n abnormal climate that occurs every two to seven years in the pacific ocean, causing changes in winds, current, and weather patterns for one to two years
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