Waves, Tides, and Streams
Sources of streams?
Glaciers, lakes, and other rivers
A lake is what type of body of water?
Freshwater
What does acid rain do to water?
Makes it so the water is now too acidic to support most life
A large-scale formation of rock that is found below sea level
Ocean Basin
When water does not absorb into the ground and runs into a river instead.
Run-off
The lowest water level at the coast is called?
The ocean is what type of body of water?
Saltwater
What happened in the Thames River?
Sewage was being dumped into the river, it is being cleaned up now
The underwater landmass that extends from a continent is known as...
Continental Shelf
The ability for large bodies of water to stay warm
High Heat Capacity
Sediment forms a fan-shaped deposit called what?
A Delta
What is a structural adaptation?
Physical characteristics that increase a species chance of survival in a particular environment.
Observe, check, or keep track of something for a specific purpose is known as...?
Monitoring
Where sediments are deposited and accumulate between the continental slope and abyssal plain
Continental Rise
The formation, movement and recession of glaciers is called?
Glaciation
What is a small, fast flowing body of water?
What is a difference between lakes and oceans
Water motion, salinity, depth
These may discharge or release warm water into lakes and rivers
Power Stations
A mountain rising from the ocean floor that does not reach the water's surface
Seamount
What is a cause of ocean currents?
Wind, Temperature differences in the ocean, Salinity differences in the ocean, Earth’s rotation
This has the largest impact on tides
The moon
How many zones are in lakes?
3 zones. Upper, Middle, and Lowest Zone
What are the three major uses of water? What are the percentages?
Agriculture (73%), Industrial (22%), Domestic (5%)
Large volcanoes that have erupted on the seafloor and whose tops have emerged above sea level
Volcanic Island
Why do places near bodies of water not have extreme temperature changes?
Water holds onto heat for a very long time and will help keep the surrounding temperature constant.