Definition
An area of land where all the water drains into one main body of water
What is a watershed
Falling rain,snow, or sleet
What is Precipitation
The difference between water levels at high tide and low tide
What is tidal range
The removal of a large amount of heat very quickly changing a gas to a solid
What is deposition
Something that can be penetrated by air or water.
What is permeable
As air rises it cools and cannot hold as much water vapor, the cooled water vapor in the air becomes liquid again.
What is Condensation
What is a large ocean wave caused by earth movement or a volcanic eruption on the ocean floor.
What is a tsunami
The change in state from a solid to a gas
What is sublimation
The approximate freezing point of water
What is zero degrees Celcius
A mass of ice and overlaying snow that moves slowly down the mountain slope under the influence of gravity
What is a glacier
Water flowing along the surface of the ground
What is Runoff
Known as the Nile or Mississippi or Amazon
What is a river
The upper surface of the groundwater zone
What is the water table
A particularly large glacier that covers land
What is an ice sheet
Water that has soaked into the earth then makes its way back to the ocean.
What is Ground Water
The ability of a material to absorb heat
What is heat capacity
This has an approximate salinity of 3%
What is ocean water
Salinity
What is the measure of how much salt is dissolved in water
An underground zone of rocks and soil that contains water.
What is an aquifer
The movement of water as it changes state around the earth.
What is the water cycle
An area with a small, localized climate variation that differs from the larger climate around it.
What is a microclimate
Particularly large glaciers which cover land at the Earth's poles
What is a polar ice cap
Three factors which affect your ocean currents
What is salinity, the Earth's gravitational pull, the landscape of the ocean floor, water temperatures or density, wind