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spring midterm 1
3rd qtr- plate tectonics, hydrology, winds
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 2% of freshwater is trapped where? | glaciers |
| The sun's heat energy does what to water and land | heats it |
| if you were drilling a well in your backyard, you should drill it down to what place in an aquifer? | the zone of saturation |
| when water vapor condenses it forms what | clouds |
| groundwater forms as water percolates through the spaces in soil called what | pores |
| leaves of trees give off water vapor in the process of ? | transpiration |
| what is the area of land where surface runoff flows into a river? | watershed |
| How long is it between high tides | 12 hours |
| As you descend in the ocean what happens to density? | it increases |
| Which is the warmest zone in the ocean and why? | surface the sun warms it |
| As you travel from the shore to the ocean, you cross what part of the ocean floor | continental shelf |
| Why doesn't the amount of water in the ocean change? | evaporation balances out precipitation |
| Which ocean current takes warm ocean water to Western Europe? | Gulf Stream |
| What ocean feature forms at a convergent boundary? | ocean trench |
| What process occurs at a mid ocean ridge? | seafloor spreading |
| Which type of clouds bring rain and tornadoes? | cumulonimbus |
| What causes tides? | gravitational pull of the sun and moon |
| What is the most abundant salt in the ocean? | sodium chloride |
| Which direction do divergent plates move? | away from each other |
| how are sea breezes created by the sun? | sun heats the land faster which makes the warm air over the land rise and bring in the cool air from the sea. |
| This increases salinity in the ocean by absorbing heat | evaporation |
| This decreases as you go deeper in the ocean due a reduction in sunlight | temperature |
| The weight of the atmosphere and the water above you makes this increase as you descend in the ocean | pressure |
| These robotic expolorers give us a better view of the ocean floor since we can't go there | submersibles |
| the highest point of a wave that breaks when the wave height increases | crest |
| the lowest point of a wave that drags the continental shelf as the wave gets closer to shore | trough |
| large waves that are caused by high winds in severe weather that hit with increased frequency | storm surge |
| the cause of the apparent curving of objects | Coriolis effect |
| this process causes a change of direction when a current runs into a continent. | deflection |
| a difference in density of ocean water due to higher or lower salinity creates this type of current | deep current |
Created by:
Mrs. Zernhelt
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