Earth's Water
Oceans
Water Cycle
Vocabulary
Ocean Climate
100
What percentage of the earth is covered in water?
~70%
100
How much sunlight reaches the bottom of the ocean?
None
100
What process is represented by the letter E?
Evaporation
100
Water that runs over the ground instead of being absorbed
Surface Runoff
100
What is the word that refers to anything related to where the ocean meets the land?
Coastal
200
What percent of earth's water is salt water?
97%
200
Name an animal you might find in a tide pool?
Answers may vary
200
What process is represented by the letter F?
Condensation
200
Amount of salt in water
Salinity
200
What causes Tsunamis?
Underwater earthquakes
300
Why can't we access most of earth's fresh water?
Because it is trapped in glaciers and underground
300
What do animals on the seafloor eat?
Debris from dead animals that sink to the bottom of the ocean
300
What process is represented by the letter A?
Precipitation
300
the movement of cold deep ocean water to the ocean’s surface
Upwelling
300
What is the event that happens every 2-7 years that disrupts weather events in the Pacific?
El Nino
400
Most of earth's freshwater is stored in..
Glaciers/Ice Caps
400
Name all 5 oceans
Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern
400
What is represented by the letter B?
Surface Runoff
400
Where groundwater is stored
Aquifer
400
Why do hurricanes mostly originate from near the equator?
Because hurricanes need high humidity and warm water to form
500
How much of the earth's freshwater is liquid surface water?
~1%
500
What is the deepest point of the ocean called?
Challenger Deep
500
What is represented by letter C?
Groundwater
500
The place where a river meets and mixes with an ocean
Estuary
500
Explain upwelling
When denser water sinks to the bottom of the ocean, causing water from the seafloor to be pushed up to the surface