Standing Water
These are deep, wide holes in the Earth filled with water. Most are found at higher altitudes
What are lakes?
These are wide, move fast, and change overtime
What are rivers?
The process in which heat causes water on the Earth's surface to change to water vapor in the atmosphere
What is evaporation?
The name for room in between soil particles for water to seep into
What is pore space?
A biome saturated with nutrients, serving as a filtration system.
What is a swamp?
These are shallow holes in the Earth filled with water, often filled with lots of plants
What are Ponds?
This is the area in which surface runoff drains into in order to get back into a river or stream
What is a watershed?
This is the process in which water vapor turns back into a liquid
What is condensation?
Where we get most our water
What is a river (Colorado river!)?
This biome is often found at higher altitudes. The water is deeper so it is hard for sunlight to penetrate all the way through
What are lakes?
These are manmade bodies of water caused by damming a stream or river
What are reservoirs?
A river that moves ________ carries a lot of water but also picks up a lot of soil, pebbles, and other sediments.
What is quickly?
This is the process in which water returns to the Earth in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
What is precipitation?
What is water-powered technology called?
What is hydroelectricity?
This biome has running water that changes over time, either by changing the speed of the flow or the direction. Is home to many animals and plants depending on the location.
What are rivers?
This water built up as a result of precipitation that seeps into the pores in soil
What is groundwater?
These are the largest polluters of running water
What are factories? (They dump their waste into rivers and streams)
This is the name for precipitation that is not absorbed into the soil, but enters back into a water system like a river or stream
What is surface runoff?
These biomes are full of shallow, standing, warm water. Often home to ducks, turtles, and fish
What are ponds?
This is frozen freshwater that can take several shapes, but holds about 3% of all freshwater
What are glaciers?
The largest river is...
What is the Nile River?
The other name for the water cycle
What is the hydrologic cycle?
What are the two categories of usable water?
What are hard and soft?
This is where freshwater rivers meet the ocean! A mixture of salty and fresh water creates an interesting yet very biodiverse ecosystem!
What is estuary?