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The term for all of Earth’s water
hydrosphere
The term used when water vapor is released from the leaves of plants
transpiration
Where Ocean Trenches form
where one lithospheric plate is sinking beneath another
Where alluvial fans form
where steep mountain streams meet drier level land
The term used for a boulder, found in an unlikely place, left behind by a retreating glacier
erratic
What drives the hydrologic cycle
energy from the sun
The term used when water vapor turns directly into ice
deposition
What creates surface currents in the ocean
prevailing winds
At what stage in a river’s life does it typically form most of its sediment
old
The term used for the top level of groundwater
water table
Where is most of Earth’s fresh water
in glaciers
The term used for Earth’s underground water supply
groundwater
The term used to describe the sediments carried by a stream or river
bed load
Name a local estuary
Chesapeake Bay
What is an aquifer
a layer of permeable underground rock saturated with water
The term when ice turns directly into water vapor
sublimation
The process that causes the basin of the Atlantic Ocean to grow
seafloor spreading
Where canyons and gorges typically form
where there is little rainfall
The term used rocky deposits left by streams of meltwater from a glacier
outwash
The term used for heated water that erupts from the ground
geyser
What causes the difference between a solid, a liquid and a gas
the bonds between molecules
The shallowest part of the continental margin
continental shelf
At what stage in a river’s life are waterfalls and rapids usually found
in a young river
The term used for a long, winding ridge of rocky material that is left behind by the outwash of a glacier
esker
How much water does the average American use each day for personal use
400 liters