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2/13 - 2/17 NB Test
Mrs. Gilmore
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nape | the back of your neck |
| why is it better to water your lawn at night instead of during the day? | less water is lost to evaporation |
| temperature | measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles (hot or cold) |
| heat | a form of energy which transfers among particles |
| sea level | level of the oceans surface, used to determine elevation |
| sea | parts of the global ocean that are partly surrounded by land |
| panthalassa | one giant body of water |
| pangea | one giant landmass of the continents |
| salinity | a measure of the amount of dissolved solid in a given amount of liquid |
| oxymoron | a short phrase in which the words seem to contradict each other |
| which feature is commom for a youthful river? | rapids |
| sonar | sound navigation and ranging |
| tectonic plates | enormus slabs of earth's crust and upper mantle |
| bathymetric profile | map of the ocean floor that shows the oceans depth |
| what percent of the earth is water? | 71 |
| what are the four divisions of the ocean, from largest to smallest. | pacific, atlantic, indian, arctic |
| how did the oceans form? | the gases in the air from exploding volcanoes condensed and turned into rain, filling the deeper parts of the earth |
| what are the gases that are similar in the ocean and atmosphere? | nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide |
| why is there salt in the ocean? | rivers dissolve various mainerals, and excess water carries it to the ocean |
| salinity levels in hot/dry places | higher |
| salinity levels in cold/wet places | lower |
| what is the most important function of the ocean? | stabalizes earth's weather conditions by absorbing and holding thermal energy |
| permafrost | a deep subsoil which is permanetly frozen |
| what is an example of a point source pollution? | oil spill forms from a wrecked tanker |
| desalination | a process of removing salt from the oceans water |
| foord chain | diagram that shows how energy in food dlows from one organism to another |
| food web | diagram that shows the feeding relationships between organisms in an ecosystem |
| quasar | a massive and extremly remote celestial object, emitting exceptionally large amounts of energy (radio waves) and typically having a starlike image |
| during primary treatment at a wastewater plant... | dirty water is passed through a large screen |
| during secondary treatment at a wastewater plant... | water is cleansed |
| latitude | a location's distance north or south of the equator, read north to south |
| longitude | a location's distance east or west of the prime meridian read east to west |
| coordinates | set of numbers that describes where something is |
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