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100

What marks the top of the zone of saturation (fill line)?

water table

100

A small stream that connects to a larger stream is ....

a tributary

100

Earth's first atmosphere was ....

hydrogen and helium

100
What graph shows climate and temperature averages for a year at a location?

climograph

100

This tragedy of the commons has resulted in declining fisheries all over the world.

overfishing 

200
Why is there more runoff in urban areas?

less permeable surfaces (more asphalt & concreate)

200

If a level 2 stream order, connects to a level 2 stream, what will the stream order be moving downstream?

3
200
The layer of the atmosphere that contains concentrated ozone (O3).

stratosphere

200

Where on earth does temperature have very little fluctuations throughout the year?

near the equator (especially near water)
200

What is an example of nonpoint source pollution?

runoff, emissions from cars

300

What do you call areas of limestone that have been dissolved away by weak acids in groundwater?

karst topography

300
What water quality property increases in cooler temperatures?

Dissolved oxygen

300
What is the pressure if the weather station model reads 892? 

1089.2mb

300

Name 2 greenhouse gases.

CO2, Water vapor, methane, CFCs, HCFCs, NOx

300

What 2 gases are associated with acid rain?

NOx and SOx

400

What causes the water table to drop?

overpumping, more wells, drought

400
What 2 nutrients lead to algal blooms?

Nitrate and phosphate

400

What instrument measures humidity?

hygrometer or psychrometer


400

Explain how greenhouse gases work to keep Earth warm.

short wave radiation (uv & visible) come from the sun, hit earth's surface and stretch out to become long (infrared) waves. Those larger waves get blocked by the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (space between is too small). That traps the heat near earth's surface.

400

Name 2 human activities that have increased the rate of climate change.

deforestation, burning fossil fuels, eating beef, forest fires, poor farming techniques,

500

What 2 characteristics should an aquifer have? (vocab words)

porous and permeable

500

The shallow area of a lake or river that allows light to penetrate.

littoral zone   (will take photic or neritic as well) 

500
How does pressure change with altitude? And how does temperature change with altitude (all the way up)?

pressure -decreases

temperature- decreases (in troposphere), increases (in stratosphere), decreases (in mesosphere), and increases in thermosphere

500

If you increase ______________ or _____________ in the troposphere the temperature decreases.

latitude, elevation (altitude)

500

Explain what El Nino is and how it impacts people and the environment.

Warming of the eastern pacific resulting from weak trade winds and leading to the decline in fish and altering weather patterns. Weather, crop, and fishing are impacted greatly.