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33 Cards in this Set
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What percent of Earth’s water is fresh water? |
3% |
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What is water called that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail called? |
precipitation |
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What is water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rocks called? |
groundwater |
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what are the streams and small rivers that feed into a main river called? |
tributaries |
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Why do wetlands provide good habitats for many living things? |
They have sheltered waters and good nutrient supply |
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What is an aquifer? |
An underground layer of rock, or sediment that holds water |
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What is a well in which groundwater rises because of pressure called? |
Artisan well |
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What are the 3 major steps in of the water cycle? |
evaporation, condensation, precipitation |
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Because plants use water to undergo photosynthesis and release water into the atmosphere what part of the water cycle does this contribute to? |
evaporation |
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What is the horizontal distance between wave crests? |
wavelength |
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What is the size of a wave NOT affected by? |
salinity, temperature, density |
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As a wave nears shore, what happens to the wave heights and wavelength? |
it decreases |
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What does the salinity of water measure? |
dissolved salts |
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In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather? |
surface zone |
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What happens as you descend through the water column? |
temperature decreases, pressure increases, light decreases, density increases |
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What are tides caused by? |
the interaction of the earth, moon and sun |
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what is the large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans called? |
current |
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in the Northern Hemisphere, why do the current curve to the right? |
coriolis affect |
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What is the movement of cold, deep ocean water to replace with warm water at the surface called? |
upwellings |
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name 3 examples of freshwater wetlands |
marshes, bogs, swamps |
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what is a place where heated groundwater bubbles to the surface is called? |
hot spring |
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what 2 factors make ocean floor research difficult? |
high pressure, low temperature |
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What is the movement of energy through a body of water? |
a wave |
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what type of currents do wind cause? |
surface currents |
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what is the top of the saturated zone called? |
the water table |
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What measurement is affected by the evaporation of seawater? |
salinity |
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what is the daily rise and fall of water on the coastlines called? |
tides |
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What force causes tides? |
gravity |
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Identify and name the place where water changes from a liquid to a gas |
evaporation |
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How does precipitation become groundwater? |
Precipitation hits earth's surface and becomes runoff that flows across the surface. some of it soaks into the ground, becoming groundwater |
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Identify and name the place where water returns to Earth's surface from the atmosphere |
precipitation |
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Using the diagram, describe two different paths a raindrop falling in the mountains might take to reach the ocean. |
A raindrop will fall in the mountains, runoff into a stream, flow into a river, and then into the ocean.A raindrop will fall on a lake, flow from the lake into a river, and then into the ocean. |
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Identify and name the step in which droplets of water clump together around tiny dust particles in the air. |
condensation |
