Vocab
•Set of physical conditions of the lower atmosphere that includes temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind, speed, cloud cover, and other factors
Weather
•Precipitation that does not sink into the ground or evaporate; freshwater that flows or is stored in bodies of water on the Earth's surface.
Surface Water
•gas in Earth’s lower atmosphere that causes the greenhouse effect. Examples include water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide
Greenhouse Gas
underground soil where captured water can stay frozen for more than two consecutive years
Permafrost
How many letters are in the alphabet?
26
•Aquatic systems comprised of water with dissolved salt concentration of no more than 1000 PPM. Examples include standing bodies of fresh water such as lakes, ponds, an inland wetlands, and flowing systems such as streams in rivers. Compare Biome.
Freshwater Life Zone
•Mixture of fresh water and salt water.
Brackish Water
Surface water that flows into freshwater life zones
Runoff
semiarid or arid region on the leeward side of a mountain when prevailing winds flow up and over a high mountain, dropping moisture on the windward side
Rain Shadow
What is the most common fish in the sea?
A flounder (A fluke)
•Part of any Ocean that lines beyond the continental shelf. Compare subsurface mining.
Open Sea
•Marine or freshwater portion of the biosphere. Examples include freshwater life zones (such as lakes and streams) and oceans or marine life zones( such as estuaries, coastlines, coral reefs, and the open ocean).
Aquatic Life Zone
•Partially enclosed coastal area where a river meets the sea and seawater mixes with fresh water.
Estuary
•Land area that delivers runoff, sediments, and dissolved substances to streams, lakes, or wetlands. Watersheds are also called drainage basins.
Watershed
Office Trivia: Angela yells out "Save ________!" to Oscar.
Bandit
Land away from the coast, such as a swamp, marsh, or small pound, that is covered all or part of the time with fresh water. Compare coastal wetland.
Inland Wetland
•Process by which a body of water gains nutrients.
Eutrophication
•Warm, natural –rich, shallow part of the ocean that extends from the high-tide mark on land to the gently sloping, shallow edge of the continental shelf. Compare open sea.
Coastal Zone
•Saltwater environment found in an ocean or its bay, estuary, coastal wetland, shoreline, coral reef, or mangrove forest.
Marine Life Zone
Office Trivia: How many seasons are there of the office
9
•Tendency for a transition zone between two different ecosystems to have greater species diversity and a higher density of organisms than are found in either of the individual ecosystems
Edge Effect
•Mass movement of surface water driven by winds and shaped by landforms
Ocean Current
•Area at the mouth of a river built up by deposit of river sediments, often containing estuaries and coastal wetlands.
Delta
•General pattern of atmospheric conditions in a given area over periods ranging from decades to thousands of years. The key factors that influence an area’s climate are incoming solar energy, Earth’s rotation, global patterns of air and water movement, gases in the atmosphere, and Earth’s surface features.
Climate
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