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CHARACTERISTICS OF WATER
RIVER SYSTEMS
OTHER FRESHWATER
OCEAN EXPLORATION
OCEAN COMPONENTS
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1.0 grams per cubic centimeter
What is the density of water?
100
the name of the beginning location of river water, in the mountains
What are headwaters?
100
examples of this are marshes and swamps
What is a wetland?
100
the ocean zone where you might explore the coral reefs?
What is the twilight zone or transition zone?
100
the highest point on a wave
What is the crest?
200
the pH of purified or distilled water
What is 7.0?
200
everyone lives in one of these
What is a river basin?
200
a lake that stores water for human use
What is a reservoir?
200
two pieces of equipment/tools needed to explore the sunlight or surface zone in the open ocean area
What is a snorkel and flippers?
200
the point from one wave's crest to the next wave's crest
What is wave length?
300
A characteristic of water that means that it has some molecules that have positive charges and some that have negative charges
What is polar?
300
the land area that supplies water to a river system
What is a watershed?
300
the name of the location where freshwater and salt water meet
What is an estuary?
300
the dark, ocean zone that requires a special pressurized vehicle to explore safely
What is the deep zone (or abyss)?
300
The percent of salinity in ocean water
What is 3%?
400
this force acts in the opposite direction to the force of gravity
What is buoyancy or buoyant force?
400
water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground
What is runoff?
400
wetlands provide this to the environment, because of their sheltered waters and rich supply of nutrients
What is a habitat?
400
The words that represent SCUBA
What is Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
400
The tallest structures in the ocean created by volcanoes, sometimes popping out of the ocean water
What is a volcanic island?
500
the process that allows water to evaporate into the atmosphere from plants and trees
What is transpiration?
500
the zone found underneath a water table
What is the saturated zone?
500
the process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase in the growth of algae; it can "kill" a lake
What is eutrophication?
500
the name of vehicles needed to explore the deep ocean zones
What is an AUV, ROV, JASON, or ALVIN?
500
the name of the deepest location ever found in the ocean
What is the Marianas Trench?