Hydrosphere
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This step in the water cycle occurs when water heats and turns to vapor
Evaporation
100
What is an Infiltration?
precipitation that enters the ground
100
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
divergent, convergent, transform
100
What is the Lithosphere?
Crust and upper part of the mantle
100
Draw the density triangle
200
What powers the water cycle?
Sun
200
What is a watershed?
Water pools in a specific area of land
200
What is weathering
Breakdown of rocks
200
How many branches of earth science are there?
4
200
What is a tsunami?
Big wave caused by underwater earthquake
300
This step in the water cycle occurs when water returns to earth and runs across the land
Run Off
300
What are 2 conditions for runoff?
Slope, vegetation, rate of precipitation, soil composition
300
What are the three types of rocks?
igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
300
What did King Henry teach us how to solve?
Teaches us how to solve SI Conversions
300
Describe Humus
Decaying organic matter, air, and water
400
How much of earth's water is potable?
1%
400
What is groundwater?
Groundwater is the leakage from underground into a spore on top of land making it visible. (water in the ground)
400
What is a tide?
The rhythmic rise and fall of the ocean’s water
400
What are the three types of volcanoes
Composite, Shield and Cinder cone
400
What is a rock?
Mixture of minerals mineraloids, glass and organic matter.
500
Describe the process of the water cycle
Evaporation>Condensation>Precipatation>Run off>Collection>Transpiration..
500
Difference between aquifer and aquicludes?
Aquiclude is a solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer. Aquifer is a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
500
Explain Frost wedging
Water enters a cracked rock, freezes then expands the crack. when water thaws, crack remains expanded
500
What is the difference between Spring and Neap Tides
Spring tides-sun, moon, earth in direct line with each other. Cause unusually high tides
Neap tides-sun, moon, earth form right angle with each other. Cause unusually low tides
500
A wooden block has a mass of 500g and a volume of 10cm3. What is the density?
50 g/cm3