The Water Cycle
The percent of water found on Earth that makes up the oceans
What is 97%?
The name of the zone of river development characterized by fast rapids and waterfalls.
What is headwaters?
The major source of freshwater for humans to use
What is groundwater?
The name of the river basin Raleigh is located in
What is the Neuse River Basin?
The number of people who get stung by a jellyfish each year
What is 150 million people?
The step in the water cycle that follows precipitation
What is runoff?
Process that allows a river to 'carve' out its shape
What is erosion?
The process of replenishing an aquifer through precipitation
What is recharging?
The name of the largest river system in the USA
What is the Mississippi River?
Name 1 of Miss Johnson's minors in college
What is exercise sports science or English?
This phenomenon draws water back to the Earth
What is gravity?
Where surface water drains into a body of water
What is a watershed or drainage basin?
The name of the upper boundary of the zone of saturation
What is the water table?
The biggest use of freshwater in the USA
What is irrigation or agriculture?
The number of albino gorillas to ever exist
What is 1?
One process that utilizes the sun's energy in the water cycle is
What is transpiration or evaporation?
Name of the wetland that is dominated by trees.
What is a swamp?
The process of taking too much water out of an aquifer through a manmade well
What is overpumping?
The name of the river that borders Texas and Mexico
What is the Rio Grande?
The number of stray cats that live in Greece
What is 3 million?
The result when evaporation rates exceed precipitation rates
What is drought?
The name of the feature that forms at the mouth of a river. It is a triangular shaped deposit of silt and sand.
What is a river delta?
The ability of a solid (sediment/rock) to allow fluids (water) to pass through
What is permeability?
The state with the most polluted water
What is Texas?
The largest island in the world
What is Greenland?