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Water and Sediment
earth science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the water portion of the earth? | Hydrosphere |
| 70% of the Earth is covered in water. How much of it is usable freshwater? | 1% |
| Process where water loses energy to turn from a gas to a liquid. | Condensation |
| Process where plants lose water through tiny pores in their leaves. | Transpiration |
| Process where water gains energy to turn from a liquid into a gas. | Evaporation |
| Process where water that falls from the atmosphere. | Precipitation |
| Process where water that is not absorbed by the soil flows downhill over the land. | Runoff |
| Clouds form as a result of the water cycle process? | Condensation |
| Why do the pores in plant leaves open? | To take in in C02. |
| These are large ares of land that catch and collect water, then funnels the water into a major river? | Watersheds |
| These are large underground areas of stored water made of porous rock and soil? | Aquaiferes. |
| The water that falls on Oklahoma is part of which watershed? | Arkansas-White Red Watershed |
| What is the largest aquifer in North America called? | Ogallala High Plains Aquaifer |
| Weathering is the process of___________rock. | Breaking down |
| The difference between mechanical & chemical weathering is _______. | That only one changes the chemistry of the rock. |
| In which of the following environment conditions would mechanical weathering most likely occur. | Cold & Wet |
| Which type of weathering would Acid Rain be? | Chemical |
| Which type of weathering would Burrowing Animals be? | Mechanical |
| Which type of weathering would Ice Wedging be? | Mechanical |
| Which type of weathering would Oxidation be? | Chemical |
| Which type of weathering would Abrasion be? | Mechanical |
| What type of rock is affected the MOST by weathering? | Sedimentary |
| Erosion is the process of _________rock. | Moving |
| What four factors cause erosion to occur? | Wind, gravity, and water, and ice. |
| Which of the following is NOT a type of mass wasting? | Mudflows, SLumping, [Clumping], Rockfalls, Landslides. |
| Valleys eroded by glaciers have what basic shape? | U |
| Topsoil is important because_________. | Plants require it to grow |
| The organic material in topsoil is called_______. | Humus |
| What was the main cause of the Dust Bowl? | Removal of the topsoil |
| As glaciers melt, the ocean levels increase while the total land area decreases. | When glaciers melt, it creates more water, therefore increasing the amount of water in the oceans, causing them to slowly cover more and more land because there is no where else to put the water in the ocean. |
| What shape does rivers flowing through mountains cutting downward into the channel create? | V- shaped valleys |
| What is groundwater? | Groundwater is the freshwater that infiltrates (absorbs into) the soil and collects underground. |
| What is a upper boundary of the groundwater source in an area? | The water table |
| What is it called when water enters cracks and then freezes. When water freezes it expands causing the crack to get bigger. If it happens over and over again the rock will eventually break apart. | This is called Frost Wedging. |
| What is it called when water in salty solutions will evaporate quickly in dry hot environments. When water evaporates, it leaves behind salts in the rock pores. Salt expands when heated, causing the rock to slowly break apart. | This is called Salt crystal Weathering |
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julia wasson
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