WATER BASICS
PERCENT OF EARTH COVERED BY WATER
71-75%
THIS TYPE OF CURRENT CIRCULATES WARM WATER TO THE POLES AND COLD WATER TO THE EQUATOR
DENSITY CURRENTS
AMOUNT OF PORE SPACE; ABILITY OF A MATERIAL TO HOLD WATER
POROSITY
PERCENTAGE OF SALT WATER THAT IS ACTUAL SALT IONS
3%
BEGINS AS RUNOFF AND EVENTUALLY LEADS TO A DEEPER, LONGER CHANNEL OF WATER
RIVER
PERCENT OF ALL THE WATER ON EARTH THAT IS SALT WATER
97%
THIS TYPE OF OCEAN CURRENT IS CREATED BY WIND
SURFACE CURRENTS
A ROCK LAYER THAT CANNOT LET WATER PASS THROUGH IS SAID TO BE...
IMPERMEABLE
THE NUMBER OF OCEANS ON EARTH
5
LARGE BODY OF STANDING WATER CREATED FROM SPRINGS, RIVERS, OR PRECIPITATION IN LOW AREAS.
LAKE
PERCENT OF ALL THE WATER ON EARTH THAT IS READILY AVAILABLE FOR HUMAN USE
1%
EROSIONAL FEATURE OF GROUNDWATER; OPENING IN THE GROUND
A CAVE
IT LIES BETWEEN THE ZONE OF SATURATION AND THE ZONE OF AERATION
THE WATER TABLE
TWO TYPES OF SHORELINES ARE...
SANDY & ROCKY
THE OPENING OF A RIVER INTO ANOTHER BODY OF WATER
THE MOUTH
CYCLE THAT MOVES WATER ON EARTH
HYDROLOGIC CYCLE
HEATED GROUNDWATER THAT ERUPTS ON THE SURFACE
A GEYSER
ROCK LAYER THAT HOLDS A RESERVE OF WATER FOR USE IS KNOWN AS THIS.
AQUIFER
WITHIN THE OCEAN, CHANGES IN LIGHT, PRESSURE, TEMPERATURE, & LIFE ARE CAUSED BY THIS
DEPTH
CURVES OR BENDS IN A RIVER
MEANDERS
USA'S MAIN USE FOR WATER
INDUSTRY
THE CHEMICAL EQUATION FOR WATER
H2O
PROCESS OF WATER SOAKING INTO THE GROUND
INFILTRATION
THESE EXIST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC, PACIFIC, AND INDIAN OCEAN
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
TRIANGULAR SAND DEPOSIT AT THE MOUTH OF A RIVER
A DELTA