Water Distribution
The country with the most lakes on earth.
Canada
The process where liquid water changes to gaseous form due to additional heat
Evaporation
glaciers form in these 2 conditions/ areas
where it remains cold enough for ice to stay year round
high elevation
at the poles
The plains of water at the end of a valley glacier
Outwash plains
Greenhouses gasses are?
Gasses in the earths atmosphere that trap the suns energy and warm the climate
The percentage of of water on earth that is saltwater
97-98%
The 5 most common types of precipitation
Rain
freezing rain
sleet
hail
snow
The difference between Ice Caps and Valley Glaciers
Valley= glaciers that form in mountains and flow down a specific slope
Icecaps= flat land glaciers that grow and expand in all directions
A Moraine signifies what about glacial movement
The farthest point that a glacier advanced to
Glaciers are important during hot and dry times because
The slowly release fresh water during times of drought
The place that all rivers transport their water
The ocean
3 examples of sublimation
Mountainous inversion clouds
dry ice
fire extinguishers
the average thickness of ice in Antartica and the deepest ice in Antartica
2226 M
4100 M
these are 3 Land and rock features created by glacial processes. Explain each
Arete
Horn
Cirque
3 impacts of glaciers melting
Rising sea levels / flooding
Species disappearing
Loss of fresh water stores
warming oceans and storm surges
Most lakes are formed from these 2 natural processes
Volcanic activity
Glacial retreat
The point where water vapours condensate back into liquid form.
Dew Point
The process in which Icebergs form
Calving, warm water surface tensions cause large chunks to seperate from continental ice and are deposited in the ocean
the Process/name of rock that brought the peak of Mt. Athabasca in Jasper to Okotoks
Erratics
11 000 years ago, during the last ice age, this amount of land globally was covered by ice
28%
These 4 countries contain nearly half of all of the worlds fresh water supply
Brazil
Canada
China
USA
3 places precipitation goes after it falls from the sky
Into bodies of water
Surface runoff
Ground water aquifers
The Columbia Ice Field is also known as this due to its ability to distribute water
The Mother of Rivers
Visible marks on bare rock that can tell scientists what way a glacier moved thousands of years ago
Striations
This is a natural phenomena that can cool the worlds atmosphere for months to years.
hint, it caused the little ice age in europe and glaciers grew immensely during this time
Volcanic eruptions. the plume of debris blocks out sun from entering the atmosphere.