Water Treatment and Disposal
Geological Features at Sea and on Land
Rivers
Glaciers: Rivers of Ice
100
Fish, garbage, and other large debris.
What do large screens in water treatment plats keep out?
100
60,000 KM through all four oceans.
How long is the mid-ocean ridge?
100
The path a river takes.
What is Meandering?
100
Mountains of ice or snow.
What are glaciers?
200
Chemicals such as alum.
What is used to make floating particles floculate?
200
An underwater volcanic island.
What is a guyot.
200
Gently sloping land on each side of a river.
What is a flood plane?
200
High altitudes of mountains.
Where would you find alpine glaciers?
300
In landfills.
Where does floc get disposed of?
300
An underwater volcano.
What is a seamount?
300
An area surrounded by high ground where all water run to a common destination.
What is a watershed?
300
End of the last ice age.
When did the north american glaciers begin to melt?
400
Kills micro-organisms
What does chlorine do to the water?
400
Precipitation, groundwater, and inlets.
What are three ways that water can enter a lake?
400
Yes.
Does the red river have a flood plain?
400
You can tow them to places without water.
How do ice bergs help people?
500
Gravity.
What helps to deliver water to homes?
500
Mariana's Trench (11 KM below the surface)
What is the worlds deepest point?
500
Smaller rivers or streams.
What are tributaries?
500
2700 M top to bottom.
How thick is Greenland's continental glacier at its thickest point?
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