Vocabulary
A body of water surrounded by land
What is a lake?
A term that refers to the sustainable farming of marine life
What is aquaculture?
The amount of water that covers the Earth's surface
What is 70%?
What is point source pollution?
What is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean and is over 40,000 miles.
What is the Mid Ocean Ridge?
A long, narrow landform that runs parallel to the mainland and is separated by a bay or lagoon
What are Barrier Islands?
The water people cannot use for practical purposes?
What is salt water?
Difference between potable and safe water
What is used for drinking and is safe for cleaning, cooking, and bathing?
Water in a gas state turning into a liquid, just like a sweating can of cold pop on a summer day
What is Condensation?
A place where the river meets the ocean and creates brackish water
What are estuaries?
When a water molecule has a positive charge on its hydrogen ends and a negative charge on its oxygen end.
What is polarity?
Too many of these will take too much oxygen out of a lake and 'kill' the lake
What are algae blooms?
The Coriolis effect deflects ocean currents which direction in the Northern Hemisphere?
A term that refers to all water systems and land connecting to each other
What is a watershed?
What are things lakes are used for? (list at least 3 reasons)
What is fishing, flood support, recreation, drinking water?
Water evaporating through leaves of plants
What is Transpiration?
What are benthos, nekton, and plankton?