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Fresh Water
Water that is fresh
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Runoff? | Water that flows over the ground surface |
| What are Tributaries? | Smaller streams and rivers that feed into a main river |
| What is a Watershed? | The land area that supplies water to a river system |
| What is a Divide? | A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another |
| What is Erosion? | The process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away |
| What is Deposition? | The process by which soil and rock are left behind |
| What are Sediments? | Particles of rock and soil that are picked up and moved by erosion and deposition |
| What are Headwaters? | Small streams that come together at the source of the river |
| What is a Flood Plain? | The broad, flat valley through which the river flows |
| What is an Oxbow Lake? | The crescent-shaped, cutoff body of water that remains |
| What is the Mouth? | The point where a river flows into another body of water |
| What is a Delta? | The area of sediment deposits that build up near a river's mouth |
| What are Levees? | Long ridges formed by deposits of sediments alongside a river channel |
| How do Ponds and Lakes form? | They form when water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land |
| What is a Reservoir? Name 3 examples. | A lake that stores water for human use. They supply drinking water, irrigating fields, and recreation |
| What is Eutrophication? | The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae |
| What is a Glacier? | A huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land |
| What are Continental Glaciers? | Large sheets of ice over land |
| What are Valley Glaciers? | Form in mountains and look like thick rivers of ice |
| How do glaciers erode the land? | They erode ethe land when rocks, gravel and other debris are frozen into the ice. As a glacier moves, it erodes the land |
| Where can Continental Glaciers be found? | They can be found in Antartica and Greenland |
| How do ponds and lakes form? | They form when water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land |
| Describe how a river meanders? | The inside of the river is Deposition, the process by which soil and rock are left behind. The outside of the river is called Erosion, the process by which fragments of soil and rock are broken off from the ground surface and carried away. |
| How are Icebergs and Glaciers similar? How are they different? | They are both made from the same substance, and they both move slow. They are different because glaciers are formed because more snow falls than melts. Icebergs are small parts of a glacier, and glaciers are usually bigger. |
| What are Pores? | Space betwenn particles |
| What is Permeable? | Materials that allow water to easily pass through (Sand and Gravel) |
| What is Impermeable? | Water that cannot pass through easily (Clay and Granite) |
| What is the Saturated Zone? | Area of soil or rock filled with water |
| What is the Water Table? | The top of the Saturated Zone |
| What is the Unsaturated Zone? | The area above the water table |
| What is an Aquifer? | Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water |
| What is a Well? | It is used to bring groundwater to the surface |
| What is Recharge? | New water that enters the aquifer from the surface (Rain, Snow Melt, Runoff) |
| What is an Artesian Well? | A well in which water rises because of pressure from an aquifer |
| What is a Spring? | Places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in rocks |
| What is a Geyser? | A hot spring from which water burts periodically into the air |
| What 2 factors determine how easily water moves through a material? | It depneds on the size of the pores and if the pores are connected to each other |
| What are the importances to Wetlands? | They control floods, provide habitats, natural water filtration, and they act as giant sponges |
| Identify 3 human actions that pose a threat to the everglades. | Farming has introduced harmful chemicals, Developments of new homes, New canals and levees have changed the flow to the everglades |
| What is Lake Turnover? | The process when the warm top layers of a lake cool, becomes more dense and sinks causing the lake water to mix together |
| What 3 factors determine whether water soaks into the ground or flows over the ground as runoff? | The nature of the ground surface, rainfall rate, slope of the land. |
| Ponds and Lakes form in what? | A hollow |
| Name at least one organism found on the shore. | Grasses, trees, algae, Redwing blackbirds |
| Name at least one organism found in the shallow water near the shore. | Frogs, tadpoles, sunfish, perch |
| Name at least one organism found at the bottom of the pond. | Water lily roots, snails, crayfish |
| Name at least one organism found at the surface. | Algae, water lilies, dragonflies |
| Identify 3 human actions that pose a threat to the everglades. | Farming has introduced harmful chemicals, Developments of new homes, New canals and levees have changed the flow to the everglades |
| How are Hollows formed? | Volcanoes, melting ice, movement of the Earth's crust |
| What the similarities and differences between ponds and lakes? | They both form when water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land. Ponds: Sunlight reaches the bottom, vegetation grows everywhere, photosynthesis, don't always exist all year, thriving habitat for a wide diversity of living things, bottom is mud |
| Part 2 of differences. Lakes? | They are larger and deeper than ponds, sunlight does not reach the bottom, and the bottom is sand, pebbles, and rocks |
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