WATER & HYDROLOGY
This is the study of water on Earth.
What is hydrology?
This refers to long-term weather patterns in a region.
What is climate?
This is the movement of rock and sediment from one place to another.
What is erosion?
This is molten rock underground.
What is magma?
This is the variety of life in an ecosystem.
What is biodiversity?
This term refers to the amount of salt in water.
What is salinity?
These are fluffy, white clouds often linked with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
This force forms sand dunes.
What is wind?
This instrument measures earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
This is a species introduced into a new ecosystem.
What is an invasive species?
This is water that flows over land when the ground cannot absorb it.
What is runoff?
Wind is caused by differences in this.
What is air pressure?
This agent commonly forms canyons.
What is water?
This is the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus.
What is the epicenter?
This gas causes ocean acidification.
What is carbon dioxide (CO₂)?
Most of Earth’s freshwater is stored here.
What are glaciers?
Hurricanes form over this type of water.
What is warm ocean water?
Wind, water, and ice are examples of this process.
What is erosion?
Shield volcanoes typically have this type of eruption.
What is gentle lava flow?
This layer protects Earth from UV radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
Why does saltwater sink below freshwater?
What is because saltwater is more dense?
How does latitude affect climate?
What is areas near the equator are warmer and areas near the poles are colder due to sunlight angle?
What is the difference between erosion and weathering?
What is weathering breaks rock down and erosion moves it?
Compare shield and composite volcanoes.
What is shield = gentle, low viscosity lava; composite = explosive, high viscosity magma?
Name three ways humans impact the environment.
What is deforestation, pollution, climate change, overconsumption, or habitat loss?