Water cycle
This drives the water cycle
what is the sun
This is needed for a hurricane to form
water temps >26 degrees
Underground lake
What is an aquifer
When a lot of rain water falls at once and floods an area - often without a lot of notice
What is a flash flood
This is a river or stream that joins another river or stream
What is a tributary
This is the process by which water turns from a liquid to a vapor
What is evaporation
The wind speed needed to be classified as a hurricane
what is 120 km/hr
People use this to extract groundwater for use
What is a well
Two types of coastal flooding
What are storm surge and tsunami
The grand river drains into this water body
What is Lake Erie
This term refers to water not reaching groundwater, but rather entering surface water sources
What is run-off
A hurricane in the Indian ocean
what is a typhoon (or cyclone)
When ground water is depleted, this can happen
What is a sink hole or sinking
This is often caused by hurricanes when the ocean rises many meters
What is storm surge
This happens on the inside meanders of a river
What is deposition
During this process, water seeps into the ground
What is infiltration
The name of the scale used to measure hurricane severity
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale
most of the world's freshwater is trapped in ice in these two places
What is Antarctica and Greenland
When the ocean water heats up, the molecules take up more space causing rising sea levels
What is thermal expansion
This distinct feature on a river system indicates that the river is mature or old in nature
What is Oxbow Lake
Plants release water into the atmosphere by this process
What is transpiration
This gives hurricanes their spin
What is the the Coriolis effect
This happens when the water table is high and more water can not be percolated into the ground water supply
What is flooding
The Delta Works project in this country is an expensively engineered system of dams and floodgates aimed at controling sea levels
What is Netherlands
This depositional feature is formed when a river enters a lake or ocean
What is a delta