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Earth's Waters
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Approximately what percentage of earths water is fresh water? | 3 |
| Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called what? | Precipitation |
| Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called what? | Groundwater |
| What are the streams and small rivers that feed into a main river? | Tributaries |
| Wetlands provide habitats for many living things because of their sheltered waters and what? | Large supply of nutrients |
| What is an aquifer? | Underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water |
| A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called what? | Artesian well |
| The three major steps of the water cycle are what? (Be able to label a diagram and understand how each step works) | Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation |
| Plants use water to undergo photosynthesis. They also release water into the atmosphere. Plants contribute to which part of the water cycle? | evaporation |
| The horizontal distance between wave crests is the what? | Wavelength |
| The size of a wave is not affected by the what? | Salinity of the water |
| The size of a wave is affected by what? | Wind |
| As a wave nears the shore, the wave height increases and the wavelength does what? | Decreases |
| Salinity measures what in water? | Dissolved salts |
| In which zone is ocean temperature most affected by the weather? | Surface zone |
| As you descend through the water column what happens? | Temperature decreases |
| What causes tides? | The interaction of Earth, the moon, and the sun |
| A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans is called what? | Current |
| In the northern hemisphere currents curve to the right because of the what? | Coriolis effect |
| The movement of cool deep ocean water to replace warm water at the surface is called what? | Upwelling |
| What are some examples of wetlands? | Marshes, Bogs, Swamps |
| A wave is the movement of what through a body of water? | energy |
| Winds are the main cause of what type of currents in the ocean? | surface |
| Evaporation of the sea water increases what since the salt is left behind as the water evaporates? | salinity |
| The daily rise and fall of water on Earth's coastlines are called what? | tides |
| The force of the sun's and moon's what pulling on Earth causes tides? | gravity |
| As you go further down in the depths of the ocean how does the temperature change? | The temperature decreases (or gets colder) due to less sunlight |
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