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Test 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Surface current | water on the surface or several hundred meters below |
| Deep ocean current | water that moves on the ocean floor |
| Thermohaline current | deep ocean currents driven by temp & saltinity |
| Coriolis effect | effect of earth's rotation on derection of winds and currents |
| Evaporation | the movement of water to atmosphere |
| Condensation | the collection of water in the atmosphere |
| Precipitation | falling water from atmosphere: rain,snow,sleet,&hail |
| Percolation | the movement of water threw soil |
| Infiltration | water that goes threw soil |
| Runoff | water that flows from the earth's surface to water |
| Troposphere | first layer; has all life |
| Stratosphere | second layer;protects life from ultraviolet rays |
| Mesosphere | third layer; protects earth from metoroids |
| Thermosphere | outermost layer; last layer (besides the exosphere) |
| Exosphere | the rest of the atmosphere that eventually goes to space. |
| Ionosphere | this layer is in the mesosphere |
| Ozone layer | this layer is in the stratosphere |