Water is more dense when it is ______ and _______.
What is cold and salty (saline).
100
Tides are caused by this.
The gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
100
This percentage of the water on earth is salty.
What is 97%.
100
This is the measure of how clear or hazy water is.
What is turbidity.
100
All of the land that drains into a river or stream.
What is a watershed.
200
Water near the equator is more _____ and will _____.
What is warmer and will rise to the surface.
200
The Coriolis Effect causes this.
What is the currents to curve to the right in the Northern Hemisphere and the currents to curve to the left in the Southern Hemisphere.
200
This is a measure of the number of spaces in between rocks or soil.
What is porosity.
200
Nitrates flowing into bodies of water with _________ can cause _________.
What is runoff and eutrophication or algal blooms.
200
Floods are caused when the level of ___________ is higher than the rate of _________.
What is precipitation and infiltration.
300
Mrs. Werts is able to float in the Mediterranean because the water is _______ due to _______ of ______.
What is more dense due to the evaporation of water.
300
Surface currents (waves) are caused by....
What is wind (WIND WIND WIND WIND)
300
This is a measure of how quickly water can flow through rock or soil.
What is permeability.
300
The ocean's pH has decreased by _____ making it ____ % more acidic. This process is called ___________.
What is 0.1, 30% and ocean acidification.
300
An increase in the amount of waterborne diseases and a decrease in the amount of available water is due to this.
What is an increase in the human population.
400
Land heats up and cools down faster than water because _________________________.
What is the specific heat capacity of land is lower (or the specific heat capacity of water is higher).
400
Spring tides are caused by _________ and the tides ____________________________.
What is the sun and moon becoming aligned with the earth and the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower, causing the tidal range to increase.
400
Infiltration will occur more slowly in this kind of soil (present in NC).
What is clay.
400
Marine organisms are dying off because their ______ are being destroyed by [increased/decreased] _______.
What are shells and increased CO2.
400
Water in a storm drain flows into ______.
What is directly into a river or stream.
500
Deep-ocean currents are caused by ______________. Water that is deeper in the ocean is ________ and ________.
What is differences in the density of water and water that is deeper in the ocean is colder and more saline (saltier).
500
Neap tides are caused by ___________________________ and they cause the tides to _________________.
What is the moon and sun at 90 degree angles to each other (perpendicular). They cause the low tides to be higher and the high tides to be lower, decreasing the tidal range.
500
Infiltration would occur most quickly in this type of soil because it is the ______ [size] particle.
What is sand and largest.
500
The biotic indicator used to measure stream health.
What is EPT index.
500
There are this many rivers basins contained completely within North Carolina. Name them.
What is 4 - Tar-Pamlico, Cape Fear, Neuse River, and White Oak.