Lesson 1/2
The place where one lives and obtains all the things it needs to survive
Habitat
Water rising to the surface on its own because of pressure within the aquifer is a...
Artesian well
long chains of mountains on the ocean floors
Mid Ocean Ridges
A wall made of rocks or concrete that is built outward from a beach to reduce erosion.
groin
The Gulf Stream is an example of this. The Gulf Stream warms nearby land areas
surface current
What comes first in the water cycle?
Evaporation.
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
Aquifer
A gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent.
Continental shelf
A giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor.
Tsunami
a vast sheet of warm water that moves east towards the coast of South America
El nino
A reservoir holds water.
True
True or false Permeable does not allow water to pass through
False
Temperatures at the surface of the ocean vary with?
Location and the seasons.
what happens to water particles near the surface when a wave passes by?
It will move in circles.
Surface currents affect water to depth of several hundred meters what are they mostly driven by?
Winds
Why is water important?
All living things need water in order to survive. In addition, many living things live in water.
How does water move underground?
It trickles down between particles of soil and through cracks and spaces in layers and rock.
The water in Earth's oceans varies of what?
Salinity, temperature and depth.
The vertical distance from the crest of a wave to the trough
False Wave height
In the Northern Hemisphere this causes currents to curve clockwise
Coriolis effect
When a river and all the streams flow together is what?
River system
Whats the difference between saturated and unsaturated zones
Saturated zones are the area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks and pores are totally filled with water but unsaturated is a layer of rocks and soil above the water table in which the pores contain air as well as water.
What happens to the pressure and temperature when you go deeper in the water.
It gets colder and more pressure builds up
what happens to water particles in deep water when a wave passes by?
the water particles move little if at all.
A surface current affects this of a nearby land area is current.
False climate.