Ground water
Streams
Water Pollution
Water Cycle
Mastery
100
______ is the seeping in of water into soil or rocks through cracks in the ground Condensation Infiltration runoff
Infiltration
100
The precentage of the Earth that is covered with water
What is 71%?
100
____ is the introduction of contaminants such as bacteria, trash, toxic chemicals into our water supply.
What is water pollution?
100
1. This is the process by which water flows in a current through the Earth's atmosphere
What is the water cycle?
100
Rock layer A is older than rock layer B, but younger than rock layer C. Which type of aging is this?
What is Relative age?
200
Runoff is water that flows ____ on Earth's surface and may enter a stream or river. upstream downslope down the street
downslope
200
_____ is a small channel of water that flows in a particular direction.
What is a stream?
200
Point source pollution is pollution that comes from ____?
What is and easily identifiable point?
200
______ is the process where water enters the ground through cracks or pores
What is infiltration?
200
In undisturbed layers of rocks, the oldest rocks are on the ______ and the youngest ones are on the ________.
What is Bottom, Top?
300
This has an alias known as the Zone of Saturation
What is Aquifer
300
This has little runoff, more infiltration, and little erosion
What is a little slope?
300
This type of water pollution comes from untreated human and animal wastes.
What are disease causing agents?
300
This is the process by which water inside plants is released into the atmosphere as vapor
What is transpiration?
300
Out of these four groups of animals fish, amphibians, reptiles, invertebrates (animals without backbones), which existed first on Earth.
What are Invertebrates?
400
The TRIANGULAR deposit of silt and clay particles that form where a stream enters a large body of water.
What is a Delta?
400
_____ includes all the materials that the water in a stream carries.
What is stream load?
400
be careful what you put in your drain, dont throw trash in streams and lakes, and eat organic food (no pesticides). these are all ______
What are ways to reduce water pollution?
400
When water runs downslope and into another body of water, two things are happening here
What is runoff and accumulation?
400
This theory states that the continents were once a single land mass and began separating from each other. It is believed they are still moving today.
What is continental drift?
500
______ is a natural underground opening with a connection to Earth's surface. It is formed when groundwater dissolves limestone.
What is a cave?
500
This is the flat area that extends out from the stream's bank and is covered by excess water during a flood.
What is a floodplain?
500
This particular material blocks photosynthesis in bodies of water which disrupts food webs
What is sedimentation?
500
As is gets HOTTER _____ will happen faster, and ______ will happen slower.
What is Evaporation and Infiltration?
500
This forms U-shaped valleys
What are glaciers?
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