Freshwater systems
Salinity and Density
Waves and tides
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
Water cycle
100

A large moving mass of ice and snow.

What are glaciers?

100

Ocean water is famously what?

Salty (high salinity)

100
The highest part of a wave is this
What is crest?
100

What is an abiotic factor that affects animals in water?

Temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphates, pH, Pollution, Upwelling, salinity, ocean currents
100
This is the process where water is heated and changes to a gas
What is evaporation?
200
In general, these bodies of freshwater are larger than ponds
What are lakes?
200

True or False: Salty water is more dense than fresh.

True

200
The lowest part of a wave is this
What is trough?
200

You are trying to keep fish alive, would you rather have high dissolved oxygen, or low dissolved oxygen?

High dissolved oxygen (more oxygen = more life)

200
This is the process where water vapour cools and forms clouds
What is condensation?
300
Water that flows across the surface of the Earth and does not soak in is called this
What is groundwater?
300

In what ocean does the island of Newfoundland find itself?

Atlantic Ocean

300
Parts of the coastline that stick out further are called these
What is headlands?
300
This is the growing and harvesting of marine species
What is aquaculture?
300
This is the term for water that falls from the sky like rain and snow
What is precipitation?
400
This is the force that pulls water to the lowest point possible
What is gravity?
400

What is an abyssal plain?

The deep floor of the ocean.

400
These types of tides produce the largest tidal ranges
What are spring tides?
400

The Gulf Stream and Labrador current meet and create... what?

Fog

400
The collective term for all the water on Earth is this
What is hydrosphere?
500
This is an area of land that drains into a body of water such as a river, pond, lake or ocean
What is drainage basin or watershed?
500
The submerged part of the continent between the coast and the edge of the basin is called this
What is continental shelf?
500
With neap tides, the Earth, Moon, and Sun are all this
What is at right angles?
500

How do we tell the health of water based on the animals we find?

Some animals can live in polluted environments, and others cannot. If we find animals that only live in clean environments, we know the water is healthy.

500
This is the source of energy which drives the water cycle
What is the Sun?
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