Water Basics (9-1)
Groundwater (9-2)
Wells/Springs/Geysers
Rivers/Streams (9-4)
Lakes/Ponds (9-5)
100
changing of a liquid to a gas
What is a evaporation?
100
A tiny hole or space.
What is a pore?
100
a hole dug below the water table that fills with groundwater
What is a well?
100
A bend in a mature river.
What is a meander?
100
a low spot on Earth's surface filled with water from rain or snow.
What is a lake?
200
The repeated pattern of water movement between Earth and the atmophere
What is the water cycle?
200
The upper layer of saturated rock and soil.
What is the water table?
200
Heated groundwater that erupts onto Earth's surface.
What is a geyser?
200
What is the shape of the valley of a youthful river?
"V" shaped
200
What is another name for an artificial lake?
a reservoir
300
Two forms of solid precipitation
What are snow and hail (or sleet)
300
Water that collects in pores of soil.
What is groundwater?
300
The pipe for a well should be a) deeper than the b) at the same level as the c) above the water table.
(a) deeper
300
The Ohio and Missouri are examples of what type of rivers?
Mature
300
How is a reservoir made?
Build a dam on a river.
400
What is the difference between condensation and evaporation?
Condensation is changing gas to liquid. Evaporation is the opposite... changing liquid to gas.
400
What happens to the water table when there is a drought?
It drops.
400
Where are springs commonly found?
on hillsides
400
What is one similarity and one difference between waterfalls and rapids?
Similarity: both are features of a youthful river. Difference: waterfalls have a straight down drop off whereas rapids are sloped.
400
What happens to a young lake as it matures?
It fills with sediment and plants until it turns into a meadow.
500
About 23% of Earth's freshwater supply.
What is groundwater?
500
Loosely packed soil will hold a) less b) the same amount of c) more water than tightly packed soil.
What is (c) more.
500
What is the difference between a spring and a geyser?
Spring is usually cold water that seeps out of the earth whereas a geyser is hot water that erupts out onto the Earth's surface.
500
What is the difference between a kettle lake and an oxbow lake?
Kettle lake is formed from an old glacier whereas an oxbow lake is formed when a meander is cutoff from a river.
500
What is the difference between a lake and a pond?
A lake is larger and deeper than a pond.
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