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Ch. 10
Ch.10 Science
Question | Answer |
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Explain the Water Cycle. | Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Rain freezes, run off or underground water and cycle continues |
Fresh Water Sources | Lakes, Rivers, Glaciers, Puddles, Rain |
Ocean Water Sources | Pacific, Artic, Indian, Atlantic |
Ground Water | Water that has seeped inot the ground from the surface of the earth |
Aquifer | An underground layer of porous rock through which water can flow easily |
Water Table | in the ground, the level beneath which porous rocks are filled with water |
Producing well | a hole in the ground that has tapped into an aquifer and produces water |
Zone of Saturation | An area underground where aquifers have been formed |
4 main things that cause eroisn | Wind, Ice, water, Gravity |
Weathering is? | the breaking down of Rock, into smaller rock fragment |
Physical Weathering | Example- Road cracks, root wedging, frost wedging |
Chemical weathering | Example- Rust, oxidization. Causes, Caves and sink holes |
Place with lots of sink holes and stuff | Karasts |
How are Stalagtites for Stalagmites formed? | By salt + mineral filled water dripping from caves. |
Moraire- | rocky ridge at the bottom of a glacier |
Eskers | Ridges formed by rivers under glaciers |