Oceans
The largest ocean on earth
What is Pacific Ocean?
The process of a gas turning into a liquid
What is condensation?
Pollution that comes from a definite source
What is point source pollution?
Main source of ocean movement
What is wind?
The place where a river begins
What is Source?
The % of water on earth that is saltwater
What is 97%
What is porosity?
The water type that contains the most bacteria
What is Surface Water?
Tides formed from a full moon
What are spring tides?
The point where the river enters the sea
What is Mouth?
The ocean zone where organisms that perform photosynthesis live
What is surface zone?
The water cycle is driven by the energy from this object
What is the Sun?
Pollution created from heated water in factories dumped into waterways
What is thermal pollution?
The highest point of a wave
What is the crest?
The middle stage of a river
What is Mature Stage?
The smallest ocean on Earth
What is Arctic Ocean?
The process of evaporation off of plants
What is transpiration?
The leading cause of water pollution in the US
What is agriculture?
a warm water current that affects coastal areas of the southeast United States
What is Gulf Stream?
The area of land drained by a river
What is Basin?
The average salinity of seawater
What is 35?
A well obtains drinking water from this
What is an Aquifer?
The agency responsible for ensuring good quality of drinking water
What is the EPA?
movement of wind and water to the right or left that is caused by Earth’s rotation
What is the Coriolis Effect?
A triangular shaped piece of land formed at the mouth
What is delta?