Water Properties
What is the chemical formula for water?
H20
What form when water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land
ponds or lakes
How many oceans are on Earth?
5
The highest point of wave is called?
crest
What sport is march madness about?
Basketball
What do we call water (snow/rain/sleet) that falls to the Earth?
precipitation
What is a man-made hole drilled below the water table in order to obtain groundwater from an aquifer
well
What causes the ocean to have layers to which we saw in our experiments?
salinity or density, temperature
Tides are caused by ________ and ___________
sun and moon
Name one college that mad it to the march madness tournament this year.
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What do we call water that is below the earth and fills soil and rock layers?
groundwater
About how much of Earth's water is fresh water? (Must be within 5%)
3%
What is the measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water
Salinity
The horizontal distance between wave crests is the
wavelength
How many teams make the tournament
64 or 68
How much of the Earth is covered by water (must be within 5%
97%
What is an aquifer?
underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
Name all of the oceans
Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Artic
What is the number of waves that pass a point in a certain amount of time?
Frequency
Name the four number 1 seeds in the tournament
UCONN, Houston, Purdue, UNC
Plants release water to air through leaves is called?
Transpiration
What do we call a well in which groundwater rises because of pressure?
Artesian Well
Name the 3 zones located in the ocean based on depth
Surface, middle, deep zones
Tell me the position of the sun, moon, and earth in a neap tide
At a right angle
Name the MAC champion who made it to the tournament this year
Akron