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26 Cards in this Set
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Habitat |
Environment the provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce |
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Groundwater |
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers |
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Water Cycle |
Continuous movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans, and land surface through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
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Evaporation |
Process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas |
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Transpiration |
Process by which water is lost through a plant's leaves |
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Precipitation |
Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
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Runoff |
Draining away of water from the surface of an area of land |
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Tributary |
Stream or river that flows into a larger river |
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Watershed |
Land area that supplies water to a river system |
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Divide |
Ridge of land that seperates one watershed from another |
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Reservoir |
Lake that stores water for human use |
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Eutrophication |
Buildup over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and pond that leads to an increase and growth in algae |
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Salinity |
Total amount of dissolved salts in water sample |
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Sonar |
System that uses reflected sound waves to locate and determine the distance to objects under water |
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Seamount |
Steep-sided volcanic mountain rising from the deep-ocean floor |
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Trench |
Deep, steep-sided canyon in the ocean floor |
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Continental Slope |
Steep incline of the ocean floor leading down from the edge of the continental shelf |
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Continental Shelf |
Gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent |
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Abyssal Plain |
Smooth, nearly flat region of the deep ocean floor |
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Mid-Ocean Ridge |
Undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary under the ocean |
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Current |
Large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans |
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Coriolis Efftect |
Effect of Earth's rotation on the direction of winds and currents |
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Climate |
Average annual conditions of temperature, precipitation, winds, and clouds in an area |
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El Nino |
Climate event that occurs every 2-7 years in the Pacific Ocean, causing changes in winds, currents, and weather patterns for one or two years |
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La Nina |
Climate event in the Pacific Ocean in which surface waters are colder than normal |
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Condensation |
Change in state from a gas to liquid |
