Rotation, Revolution, Phases
The earth rotates on this.
What is an axis?
What is water?
Free swimming animals that can move throughout the water column
What are nekton?
What is revolution?
The percentage of freshwater on earth
What is 3%?
These are the three ways in which earth's oceans vary
1. Depth
2. Salinity
3. Temperature
During equinoxes, this is the length of sunlight that occurs.
What is 12 hours?
WHEN WATER COLLECTS IN LOW-LYING OR HALLOW AREAS
This is how these two bodies of water form.
What are lakes and ponds?
This is the most abundant salt in the ocean.
What is sodium chloride?
These moon phases are associated with spring tides.
What are full and new moons?
POLLUTION CAN RUNOFF INTO LAKES AND PONDS AND SPEED UP THE GROWTH OF ALGAE
This is an example of a direct result of which process?
What is eutrophication?
The Coriolis Effect causes currents to move in a clockwise direction in this hemisphere.
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
The moon phases listed in the correct order starting with New Moon.
What are
1. New Moon
2. Waxing Crescent
3. First Quarter Moon
4. Waxing Gibbous
5. Full Moon
6. Waning Gibbous
7. Third Quarter
8. Waning Crescent
The difference between the unsaturated zone and the saturated zone.
Unsaturated: Layer of rocks and soil above the water table; Contains air as well as water
Saturated: Permeable layer and area of rock and soil; totally filled with water
Complete the sentence.
The Gulf Stream is the largest and most powerful _______ current in the North Atlantic Ocean that moves warm water from the ____________ to the ____________.
A Gulf Stream is the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean that moves warm water from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean Sea.