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Hydrology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| In addition to salinity, what factor affects the density of seawater? | temperature |
| Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called? | aquifers |
| What 2 things could happen once water returns to the earth? | infiltration and runoff |
| What causes the movement of surface currents? | Wind |
| Process where a liquid is converted to a gas | Evaporation |
| Oceans are constantly moving due to changes in | Salinity and water temperature |
| Most of the earths fresh water is stored where? | Ice caps |
| What is salinity? | the salt content in water |
| How much of earth's water is in the oceans? | 97% |
| Deep ocean currents move due to changes in | density |
| As you increase in depth in the ocean, what happens to pressure? | Pressure increases |
| As you increase in depth in the ocean, what happens to density? | Density increases |
| Which process brings water from the atmosphere to Earth's surface? | Precipitation |
| How much of Earth's water is fresh water? | 3% |
| What conditions are needed for clouds to form? | The warm water vapor needs to meet the cool atmosphere in order for condensation to occur |
| hot evaporation | cool condensation |
| what drives the water cycle | the sun |
| Why are evaporation rates higher at the equator? | The evaporation rates are higher at the equator due to increased direct sunlight at the equator. |
| What effects the tides? | The sun and moon's gravitational pull. |
| How does deforestation affect the water cycle? | Transpiration would decrease. |
| What percentage earth’s freshwater be found in ice caps, ground, lakes, swamps, and rivers? | 3% |
| A bottle of cold water. the student noticed there is water droplets on the outside of the bottle. Which scientific phenomenon explains the water on the outside of the bottle? | Condensation. Hot evaporation, cool condensation. |
| what can be used to demonstrate the difference between condensation and evaporation? | To show condensation, the lab partners must decrease the temperature within the cycle; to show evaporation, they must increase the temperature. |
| What is the BEST way to improve how we conserve and use water? | Monitor water usage and fix leaks. |
| Aquifer | an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water |
| Continental Shelf | A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of the continent |
| Continental Shelf | An incline leading down from the edge of the continental shelf |
| Deep Currents | Driven by density and temperature gradients. (The E.A.C, dude from Finding Nemo) |
| Evaporation | the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid, such as water, absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state, water vapor. |
| Groundwater | water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers |
| Mid Ocean Ridge | the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced. It is a divergent plate boundary. |
| Neap tide | A tide with the least distance between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other. |
| Precipitation | Forms of water such as rain, sleet, snow, hail that fall from clouds when they are too filled with water vapor. |
| Spring Tide | A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tides that occurs when the sun and the moon are aligned in a straight line with Earth. |
| Tides | the steady rise and fall of earth's waters on shores. |
| Topography | the arrangement of the natural and artificial physical features of an area. |
| Transpiration | the process by which plants release water vapor through their leaves. |
| Trench | a deep ocean canyon in the ocean floor. (where all the crabs went) |
| Water Cycle | The continuous process by which water moves from earth's surface to the atmosphere and back, passing through living and nonliving parts of the environment. |
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