Water Cycle
Running Water
Groundwater
Hydrology
Misc.
100
Never-ending continuous process that moves water in different forms from the atmosphere to the surface of the earth
What is the Water Cycle
100
What process does running water perform on surrounding soil and rock
What is Erosion
100
Water stored under the earth's surface
What is groundwater
100
Prefix Hydro means?
What is water
100
The maximum amount of sediment that can be carried by running water
What is capacity
200
Process of a liquid becoming a gas
What is evaporation
200
Bend or turns in a river/stream that is caused by outward erosion
What is meander
200
What are some effects of overpumping
What is cone depression and lowering of the water table
200
Suffix Logy means?
What is Study of...
200
Amount of water that is passing a specific point in river or stream
What is discharge
300
Process of a gas becoming a liquid
What is condensation
300
Lowest level that cannot be eroded
What is Base Level
300
Type of water feature that includes water that 10 degrees warmer than the surrounding air
What is hot spring
300
What % of earth's total water is located in glaciers
What is 2.4%
300
What is natural levee
What is a natural change in elevation that run parallel to a source of running water that naturally keeps the water from spilling over
400
Process by which water that falls as precipitation IS NOT absorbed by the soil but travels to a larger water source
What is Run-off
400
Give one charactersitic that increases downstream
What is channel size, velocity, & discharge
400
Explain why spetic tanks are not used in areas where the water table is high?
Contamination
400
What % of earth water is freshwater?
What is 3%
400
What are some man-made precautions for flooding
What is artificial levees, dams, and not developing on floodplains
500
Process by which water that falls as precipitation is absorbed by plants for photosynthesis
What is transpiration
500
Sediments that are too large to be carried by the force of running water
What is bedload
500
Underground landforms created by water eroding pockets of sediments leaving empty spaces when the water recedes
What is caverns
500
Explain why salt water doesnt freeze as easily as freshwater
What is salt lowers the freezing point of the water
500
Which type of river would be meander more? Narrow valley or Wide valley
What is Wide Valley
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