Structure Of Hydrosphere
What are the river basins near us?
The Neuse and the River basin.
What are ocean currents?
Ocean currents are continuous predictable directional movement of seawater, with gravity wind and the density of water.
Where is the majority of all water on earth located and what type of water is it?
In the Ocean/Saltwater.
What is the generalized definition of Point source pollution and what is its opposite?
An unidentifiable source of pollution that cannot be traced to a certain source.
About what percentage of Earth's water is contained in the oceans?
What is 97%
Where can you find surface water?
Surprisingly, it's found on the earth's surface in lakes, rivers and the ocean.
What are surface currents driven by?
Driven by winds that cause the flow of the wind.
What is potable water?
Water that is safe to drink.
What is EPA’s main mission in the environment?
To protect human health and the environment by restricting the amount of pollution made.
What is the process by which liquid water at Earth's surface turns into water vapor?
What is evaporation?
What type of water does estuaries have?
It is brackish water.
What do deep currents do/what are they?
To help animals on the seafloor, it reaches depths of several kilometers deep and moves across the entire ocean.
Name Three Major Bioindicators.
The Ph, Nitrates and phosphates, Turbidity, dissolved O2.
What is the hydrosphere?
All the water on earth.
What is the process called when plants release water vapor directly into the atmosphere?
What is transpiration?
What is brackish water?
It is saltwater and freshwater mixed.
What gases are dissolved in the ocean?
NItrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide.
How do we determine potability?
Its determined by physical and biological factors including temperature and dissolved oxygen.
Name 2 of the 4 parts of stewardship.
Conserving water, Reducing pollution, Learning, Educating
What do you call underground layers of rock or sediment that store and allow the movement of groundwater?
What is an aquifer?
Why are estuaries essential?
Plants and animals filter out pollution before it does reach the ocean and are considered the nurseries of the seas for the animals in the ocean.
What direction does the Coriolis effect happen in the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere?
Goes clockwise in the southern hemisphere but counter clockwise in the northern hemisphere.
What is the main type of water pollution made by farms and factories respectively and how does it affect rivers and streams?
Factories and farms make sludge and nitrates which affects the quality of the drinking water for land animals and the overall health of marine animals.
How are floods and pollution connected?
Floods can bring polluted or contaminated water into other water areas such as rivers or oceans.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the process of upwelling and how does it impact marine ecosystems?
The Process of Nutrient-rich coldwater rising from ocean depths to the surface, this helps fish and sea life get food and animals flock to get there.