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Jeopardy(Water)
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| One of the four largest bodies of water on the earth | ocean |
| A large natural stream of water | river |
| The movement of water from the earth to air and back again to the earth be evaporation,condenstation, and precipitation | water cycle |
| The flow of a stream of water, either in a river or throught an ocean | current |
| The regular rising and falling of the ocean | tide |
| The study of the ocean and the life within it | ocean-o-graphy |
| A body of freshwater or saltwater of considerable size, surrounded by land | lake |
| A portion of the sea extending into the land | gulf |
| Part of a body of water that reaches into the land, smaller than a gulf | bay |
| A narrow waterway connecting two large bodies of water | strait |
| A narrow inlet of the sea between the steep sides of a glaciated valley | fjord |
| A narrow strip of water extending into a coast | inlet |
| The beginning of a brook or river | source |
| The part of a river where its waters empty into the sea or into another river | mouth |
| A river that flows into a larger river | tributary |
| Land built up by deposits at the mouth of a river | delta |
| The broad mouth of a river into which the tide flows | estuary |
| A riverbank higher than the surrounding land | levee |
| A large river of ice formed from snow on high ground | glacier |
| An area where the soil is under shallow water such as a swamp, marsh, or bog | wet land |
| Water that lies beneath the surface of the earth | ground water |
| A usually dry tiver channel, found in desert regions, that fills with running water during a cloudburst | wadi |
| A bed of a salt lake that contains water at irregular periods | playa |
| The level; below which the ground is saturated with water | water table |
| An articial waterway for navigation or irrigation | canal |
| A place where water is collected and stored for future use, especially an artificial basin created by the damming of a river | reservoir |
| A part of a river's course where the water rushes over rocks | rapiads |
| A body of water encircled by a coral reef | lagoon |
| A very powerful ocean wave, set off be earthquakes or undersea volcano eruptions, that causes great destruction on land | tsunami |
| A floating mass of ice that has broken off from a glacier | ice burge |