water stuff
water stuff
water stuff
water stuff
water stuff
100
a measure of the amount of dissolved salts in a given amount
What is ) salinity
100
the area of seabed around a large landmass where the sea is relatively shallow compared with the open ocean. The continental shelf is geologically part of the continental crust.
What is continental shelf
100
pollution that comes from a specific site
What is point-source pollution
100
pollution that comes from man sources rather than from a single specific site
What is nonpoint-source pollution
100
a spring whose water flows from region
What is artesian spring
200
also known as the hydrological cycle or the H₂O cycle, describes the continuous movement of water on, above and below the surface of the Earth.
What is water cycle
200
the slope between the outer edge of the continental shelf and the deep ocean floor.
What is continental slope
200
he flora and fauna found on the bottom, or in the bottom sediments, of a sea, lake, or other body of water.
What is benthos
200
the small and microscopic organisms drifting or floating in the sea or fresh water, consisting chiefly of diatoms, protozoans, small crustaceans, and the eggs and larval stages of larger animals. Many animals are adapted to feed on plankton, especially by filtering the water.
What is plankton
200
a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
What is aquifer
300
is an underwater mountain system formed by plate tectonics. It consists of various mountains linked in chains, typically having a valley known as a rift running along its spine.
What is mid-ocean ridge
300
The continental rise is an underwater feature found between the continental slope and the abyssal plain.
What is continental rise
300
the reigon near the bottom of a pond,lake, or ocean.
What is benthic environment
300
or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean.
What is tributary
300
is a measure of how much of a rock is open space. This space can be between grains or within cracks or cavities of the rock.
What is porosity
400
a large elongated depression with steep walls formed by the downward displacement of a block of the earth's surface between nearly parallel faults or fault systems.
What is rift vally
400
an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between 3,000 metres and 6,000 metres
What is abyssal plain
400
in the ocean, the zone near the surface or at the middle depts ,beyond the the sublitoral zone and above the abyssal zone
What is pelagic environment
400
a fan-shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream.
What is delta
400
the state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it.
What is permeability
500
a submarine mountain
What is seamount
500
aquatic animals that are able to swim and move independently of water currents.
What is nekton
500
is a process that removes minerals from saline water
What is desalination
500
an area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding
What is floodplain
500
the upper surface of the zone of saturation. The zone of saturation is where the pores and fractures of the ground are saturated with water
What is watertable
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