How much of Earth's water supply is in ice? (glaciers, permafrost, etc.)
What is 2.15 %.
100
Define deserts.
What is any place that gets on average less than 10 inches of precipitation a year.
100
What are the 2 different types of glaciers?
What is ice sheet and valley glaciers.
100
What are earthquakes?
What is waves of energy that causes vibrations when energy is released.
100
Define discharge.
What is how much water is going past a certain point.
200
What are the 3 different types of loads in a stream/river?
What is dissolved load, suspended load and bed load.
200
What 2 types of erosion does wind cause in deserts?
What is deflation and abrasion.
200
What is the zone of accumulation?
What is the area where snow adds on to the glacier.
200
What type of waves are the first to hit during an earthquake?
What is P-waves (Primary)
200
What separates drainage basins?
What is a divide.
300
What are all the different steps of the water cycle?
What is precipitation, infiltration, run-off, evaporation, transpiration and condensation.
300
List all 6 different types of dunes.
What is Barchan dunes, Transverse dunes, Barchaniod dunes, Longitudinal dunes, Parabolic dunes and Star dunes.
300
How are glaciers formed?
What is from snow fall, when the weight of the above snow compresses the lower snow into ice.
300
Which types of waves would be more destructive during an earthquake?
What is S-waves (secondary)
300
What is the difference between Temporary base level and Ultimate base level?
What is Temporary base level is the base level for a long period of time. Ultimate base level is the furthest a stream will ever erode.
400
How does the depth of a stream effect the speed of the water?
What is more depth is faster water and little depth is slower water.
400
How have plants evolved to survive the droughts in the deserts?
What is absorbs water quickly.
400
What are the landforms created by glacial erosion?
What is valleys and cirques.
400
How much stronger would a size 3 earthquake on the Richter scale be than a size 1?
What is 100 times stronger.
400
What is the difference between transverse waves and longitudinal waves?
What is transverse waves are caused when energy and matter go perpendicular. Longitudinal waves are caused when energy follows/goes along with movement of molecules.
500
What causes a stream/river to flood?
What is snow melt and too much rain.
500
Due to glacial budget how does Antarctica remain the largest desert still today?
What is Antarctica gains more snow than it looses.
500
What are the factors that determine glacial erosion?
What is rate of glacial movement, thickness of ice, shape, abundance, hardness of rock and type of surface.
500
Explain the reason you must have 3 recording stations to determine where the epicenter is?
What is by measuring the time of arrival of P and S waves you can find the distance from the epicenter from each recording station. Where the distances match up for all 3 recording stations is the epicenter.
500
What similarities are presented by stratified drift and alluvium?
What is both are sorted by size with largest particles being dropped first and smallest particles being dropped last.