Freshwater
The movement of water through Earth's atmosphere, land and oceans is referred to as ...
What term refers to a single landmass made of all Earth's continents?
What is Pangea?
What term refers to as a large body of ocean water moving in a set direction?
What is an ocean current.
Which term refers to short-term atmospheric conditions?
What is weather.
What terms refers to as many types of harmful materials released into the environment?
What is pollution.
Which source of freshwater contains almost 2/3 of the world's fresh water?
Which feature is the flattest part of the ocean floor, covered with sand and mud?
What is the abyssal plain.
What term refers to a sudden change in temperature between warm surface water and cold deep water?
What is a thermocline.
El Niño and La Niña are both complex weather patterns that occur in which ocean during the winter?
What is the Pacific Ocean.
The European Green Crab destroying the coastal seaweed in Newfoundland is an example of what term?
What is an invasive species.
Which freshwater source is shallow, fast moving and flows into larger bodies of water?
What is a stream.
Which area is referred to as a steep drop-off from the continental shelf?
What is the continental slope.
These currents usually flow in the top 100-200 meters of water.
What are surface currents.
Which type of plankton is described as "microscopic plants" that produce nutrients through photosynthesis?
What are phytoplankton.
What term refers to as removing more of a species than can be replaced by reproduction?
What is overfishing.
What term refers to Earth's solid, rocky surface?
What is the lithosphere.
What feature is referred to as a long, narrow, deep valley in the ocean floor?
What is an ocean trench.
What tide occurs when the Earth, Moon and Sun are in a straight line?
What is a spring tide.
Tiny animals that eat other types of plankton are known as?
Zooplankton
What term refers to as nitrogen and sulphur oxides from burning fuels combining with water vapour in the air?
What is acid precipitation (rain).
Which freshwater environment is a low area of land saturated with water all year?
What is a wetland.
In the Coriolis effect, winds in the Northern Hemisphere are deflected this way.
What is the right.
What three factors mainly affect deep ocean currents?
How long does an El Niño weather pattern typically last?
What is 9-12 months.
Commonly known as a stonefly, these insects help determine the health of a water system.
What is a bioindicator species.