Ocean Water and Currents
The density of sea water is controlled by these two factors.
Temperature and Salinity
Overall Precipitation is equal to this
Evaporation
The amount of water on earth has changed by this percentage over the last 5,000 years.
0% (no change)
Name one use of Freshwater and the consequence of using it for that.
Wells, Food/Drink, Agriculture, Recreation, and Dams.
This 2 factors affect how fast water gets into the ground.
Porosity and Permeability
The layer of rapid temperature change also known as the transition zone is called.
Thermocline
These 2 processes return water to the atmosphere
Evaporation and Transpiration
The process by which water on the land is filtered into the ground.
Infiltration
What is one way to conserve freshwater.
Repair leaks, use energy star appliances, etc.
The zone of soil that is completely filled with water is called
The Zone of Saturation
Salts get into the ocean through these 2 processes.
Weathering and Erosion. Volcanoes in the ocean.
The Gulf Stream Current causes this type of climate in Great Britain.
Warm and Rainy
Another name for the water cycle is _________.
Hydrologic Cycle
This process removes salt from water
Desalination
The top of the Zone of Saturation is called
The Water Table
Wind friction drives this type of current.
Surface Currents
Draining a well near the coast will cause this to the water table.
Saltwater intrusion.
This source usually replenishes groundwater.
Precipitation, Surface Water, or Runoff.
The destruction of a marsh would cause this to happen to the water.
Less filtered, more contaminated/polluted.
This earth material would permit the LEAST amount of rainwater to infiltrate
Clay
This process deflects winds in the Northern Hemisphere to the right and winds in the Southern Hemisphere to the left.
The Coriolis Effect
Desert climates change more than coastal climates because there is less of this in the air.
Water Vapor
The water cycle is possible because water is one of the only compounds that can do this.
Readily change from solid, to liquid, to gas.
The area where freshwater enters the ocean is called this
Estuary
An area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding.
Floodplain