Water Facts
This a water that you can drink
What is Potable water
A large rock deposited by a moving glacier.
What is an erratic?
Water that has high levels of Magnesium and Calcium
What is hard water
A shape of a large piece of land carved out by a glacier.
What is a U-shaped valley?
As the tectonic plates diverge, lava seeps out of the ocean floor and hardens into these.
What are ridges
A group of the same kind of organisms living in the same area at the same time.
What is a population
97% of the Earths water is this type
What is the Saltwater
This part of the ocean floor occurs at converging tectonic plates
What is an Ocean trench (and possibly underwater volcanoes)
This is the process of turning salt water into fresh water by boiling the water and turning the vapour into liquid by cooling it down quickly
What is distillation
Scratches left behind on a mountain after the movement of a glacier are called this
What are striations
Caused by the gravitation pull of the moon
What are tides
These are an adaptation in aquatic organisms that capture oxygen as water flows past a structure.
What are gills
TRUE!
This is the space between the coast and the start of the ocean.
What is the continental shelf
This is where water moves from lower concentration to higher concentration.
What is reverse osmosis
Large boulders deposited by glaciers
What are erratics
What are waves
This occurs when there are too many nutrients (like nitrates and phosphates) in the water
What is an algae bloom
This part of the water cycle occurs when water vapour turns into water droplets
What is condensation
A mound or ridge of till that is pushed to the sides and in front of a moving glacier
What is a moraine
This is the purpose of monitoring water.
Monitoring water helps us check if it’s clean and safe for people, animals, and the environment and to check to see if our solutions are working.
Meltwaters from glaciers form these landforms that pile sediment on the side.
What are eskers
The reason why cities by the ocean have a more moderate temperature.
Water has a high heat capacity and releases and absorbs heat.
When a population changes EVERY year because of the changing weather patterns.
What is seasonal change?
Most of the freshwater on the planet is found in this form
What is glaciers and ice caps
This is an area of land that drains into a body of water
What are drainage basins and watersheds
A scientist may look at the populations of these types of species to analyze the health of an ecosystem.
What are bioindicator species (such as invertebrates)
When a glaciers is moving backwards it is considered to be doing this.
What is retreating
The area where fresh water from a river meets the salt water from an ocean
What is an estuary
The culprit of toxic chemicals, heavy metals, oil and gas and acid rain released into the environment.
What is industry?