water cycle
what fuels the water cycle
the sun
which type of water has the most salt
ocean water
the sunlight zone
most animals and plants live there because there is the most sunlight
Definition:cold
Cryos
how do tides become higher and lower
the moons gravitational pull when it is farther it gets lower and when the moon gets closer the tides get higher
evaporation
What is the first step of the water cycle
how many different types of water are there and what are they
3:Freshwater,Brackish water,and ocean water
midnight zone
no plant life and not many animals and middle deepest of the 5 zones in the open ocean and makes up almost 90% of the ocean
what kind of water turns into snow or ice
fresh water
how long is the time between the high and low tides
6 hours
another name for rain
precipitation
what is salinity
water with different density not mixing
what is the deepest trench
the mariana trench
Permafrost definition
Permanent frost
these tides appear when the sun and moon are at a 90 degree angle
neap tides
What is the definition for when water soaks ______ into the groundwater by a ____ _____. Also What are the blanks?
Percolation: deeper, gravitational pull
how does water from precipitation get salty
co2 causes breakdown for the rocks during runoff and the rocks contain salt which mixes with the water
this zone is the deepest in the open ocean and all animals that live there have no bones
trenches
What is another name for glaciers and how long is it frozen for
polar ice caps;year round
when the moon gets closer to the earth what happen
sea levels rise
When water is evaporated into the air from soil and plant leaves
What is evapotranspiration
why isn't water in lakes and rivers as salty
it is constantly moving
why can't you go to the trenches
they will crush your bones
what has the decrease in the cryosphere affected
weather patterns and sea levels
extremely high spring tide
king tide