Hydrosphere
Which abiotic components are used to distinguish ecosystem zones in the ocean?
(water depth, sunlight)
My name refers to the rise and fall of the ocean’s surface water. People say that I am either low or high. What am I?
(tide)
I am a word that describes anything related to a location where land and ocean meet. What am I?
(coastal)
. What is the process in which water leaves the ocean and enters the atmosphere?
(evaporation)
What is the normal climate along the northwest coast of South America?
(hot and dry)
I am the process that moves water in the hydrosphere through Earth’s other systems. What am I?
(water cycle)
You can see me during low tide. I hold marine water and organisms. What am I?
Tide pool
I am caused by underwater earthquakes and volcanoes. I can flood and damage coastal areas with my enormous waves. What am I?
(tsunami)
What is the process in which water vapor becomes liquid?
(condensation)
How does surface runoff get back to the ocean?
(carried by rivers)
I am a word that describes anything related to the ocean. What am I?
(marine)
I am a type of system with both biotic and abiotic ocean components. The ocean contains several of these systems. What am I?
(marine ecosystem)
I am precipitation that flows over land instead of sinking into it. What am I?
(surface runoff)
What is the process in which liquid or frozen water returns to the geosphere from the atmosphere?
(precipitation)
What is water called that is underground?
(groundwater)
I am found beneath the surface of Earth’s crust. I hold groundwater. What am I?
aquifer
I provide marine plants with nutrients from the ocean floor by moving cold, deep ocean water to the ocean’s surface. What am I?
(upwelling)
I am a place where salty marine water mixes with fresh river water. I am home to animals like fish, frogs, crabs, herons, river otters, and sea lions. What am I?
Estuary
Before precipitation, what forms in the atmosphere as a result of condensation?
(clouds)
What are the effects of weathering and erosion on a coastline?
(Sand or rock is broken apart and carried away.)
I am a word that refers to the amount of salt dissolved in water. What am I?
(salinity)
I am a steady stream of deep ocean water. I flow mainly in one direction. What am I?
Ocean Current
I come around every two to seven years and bring warmer water to the Pacific coast of South America. I am caused by changes in wind patterns across the Pacific Ocean. What am I?
(El Niño)
How does the climate in Southeast Asia change during an El Niño? How does the climate in northwest South America change during an El Niño?
Southeast: Becomes Drier/ Northwest: Becomes Wetter
What causes an El Niño?
(weakening or stopping of wind that normally blows from South America to southeast Asia)