Defining Moment
Evaporation of water from plants
What is transpiration?
The kind of water that makes up the majority of Earth's water supply
What is saltwater?
Comparing the residence time of a quick moving river to a river with no outlets, the body of water with a shorter residence time
What is a quick moving river?
The taste of melted sea ice
What is saltwater?
This causes the temperature change that allows for condensation which makes most clouds
What is adiabatic cooling?
The process by which a gas turns into a liquid
What is condensation?
The largest source of freshwater on the planet
What are glaciers and icebergs?
Comparing the residence time of the ocean to a fast-moving stream, the body of water with a shorter residence time
What is a fast-moving stream?
The origin of icebergs
What are glaciers?
The temperature change when air expands in an environment where no energy is added
What is cooling?
The average time a given particle will stay in a given system
What is residence time?
The largest source of liquid freshwater on the planet
What is groundwater?
This is required for a freshwater lake
What is an outlet (way for water to flow out of the lake)?
The origin of glaciers
What is old mountaintop snow that slides down?
Complete the following statement:
Gases cool as they _______ and heat up as they _______ if they are not allowed to exchange energy with their surroundings.
What are expands and compress?
The process by which water moves downward in the soil toward the water table
What is percolation?
In the hydrologic cycle, the two ways water enters the atmosphere
What are transpiration and evaporation?
Evidence within the hydrologic cycle that supports a young Earth
What is ocean salinity?
The hydrologic cycle step that is responsible for glaciers formation
What is precipitation?
Drought conditions for an extended period of time will lead to a water table depth __________ (increase or decrease)
What is increase?
The cooling of a gas that happens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy
What is adiabatic cooling?
In the hydrologic cycle, the two steps by which ocean water becomes a cloud
What are evaporation and condensation?
The body of water where the salinity is approximately 300g/kg
What is the Dead Sea?
The percentage of an iceberg that is underwater?
What is 90%?
The type of water pollution that is the hardest to track down its source
What is groundwater pollution?