Water cycle
When water particles are risen into the air, what process of the water cycle is that?
Evaporation
What is the smallest ocean?
Arctic ocean
What is the lowest part of a wave called?
Trough
Name one place on earth where salt water is found
Oceans
When do Neap tides occur?
When the moon and sun are perpendicular to each other
What is the step of the water cycle that occurs after evaporation
Condensation
What are seamounts?
large underwater mountains
What is the highest part of a wave called
Crest
What is an aquifer?
What is a continental shelf?
the edge of a continent that is descened into shallow ocean water
What are some examples of percipitation?
What is the deepest part of the ocean called?
Trenches
When do high tides occur?
when the side of the Earth that is closest and opposite of the moon
What is a reservoir?
A water storage on Earth
What is the deepest trench in the world?
Mariana Trench
What drives the water cycle?
The Sun
What is the largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
When do spring tides occur?
When the Earth, the Sun, and the moon are in a line
What percentage of Earth's water is salt
About 97%
What types of of waves occur when its a spring tide?
Really high and really low
What is runoff?
When excess water flows downstream
Where is the Arctic Ocean located?
North of North America and Europe
What are waves?
The movement of enrgy through a body of water
What percentage of Earth's water is fresh
3%
What is an example of a volcanic island?
Hawaii.