Water Distribution
Earth's surface is covered with this amount of water
What is approximately 70%?
This area requires organisms to be the MOST adapted due to the extreme changes in conditions
What is the Intertidal Zone?
When all of the water from land flows into one river and eventually the ocean, it is called this
What is a river basin?
This early technique used weighted rope to measure the depth of the ocean
What is sounding?
Most of the freshwater in the hydrosphere is found here
What are glaciers and ice caps?
This ocean zone is where you find coral reefs
What is the neritic zone?
An area of land where the water will flow to the same place is called this
What is a watershed?
This type of deep ocean technology uses sound waves to locate ocean structures and features
What is sonar?
This is the percent of water on earth that is salt water
What is 97%?
Plankton and algae are found in this zone
What is the epipelagic zone?
This landform is created from sediment collecting at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
This technology is used to explore the deepest parts of the ocean
What is ROV?
Most of our drinking water comes from this
What is groundwater/aquifers?
Although not an ocean zone, this important area is where freshwater and saltwater meet, providing a protected place for breeding
What is an estuary?
Twists, turns, and bends in a river all called this
What is a meander?
What is Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus?
What percentage of the Earth's water is available for organisms' life processes?
What is less than 1%?
Brine pools are found in this ocean zone
What is the abyssopelagic zone?
Here in Burlington, NC, we live in this river basin
What is the Cape Fear River Basin?
Submersibles are designed to withstand changes in pressure due to this phenomenon
What is oceanic pressure increases with depth?