Water, Water, Everywhere
Percentage of fresh water on earth
4%
Three ways groundwater can get contaminated
Fracking, oil spills, acid rain, animal waste, pesticides, etc
A system of rivers and tributaries that drain a whole area
Watershed/Drainage Basin
Two causes of moving ocean currents?
Solar Heating, Wind, Gravity, Coriolis
Type of glacier on Mt. Everest
Alpine Glacier
Random large rock that does not match the geology of the local area
Erratic
Water that is moving through the soil as it rains
Infiltration
A type of well when the water table is very high and water comes up easily under its own pressure
Artesian Well
An area of poor drainage when a meander gets cut off
Oxbow Lake
World’s highest tides
Bay of Fundy (New Brunswick)
process when a glacier breaks off and becomes an iceberg
Calving
A ‘river’ of rocks that is sorted by size and weight
Esker
Water that evaporates from plants
(Evapo)Transpiration
The line that marks the top of the saturated zone
Water Table
A depositional fan-like feature at the mouth of a river
Delta
Two ways that waves can get larger
Wind velocity, wind duration & fetch
A very condensed snowflake that forms before glacial ice
Firn Ice
Two benefits of large dam projects
Reduce flooding, make clean energy, stores water for droughts
When water vapour freezes on a surface, e.g., frost
Deposition
Two types of aquifers
Confined and unconfined
The starting point of a river
Source
A narrow zone in the surf that can swiftly pull a swimmer out to sea
Rip Tide
The movement of continental glaciers moving under their own weight
Plastic Deformation
The measure of speed and volume of an ocean current
Sverdrup
What Powers the Water Cycle?
The Sun
Two positives about well water
Lots of natural minerals, easily accessible, large amounts, good for farmers
Name the three stages of a river & list one defining characteristic
Youthful, Mature & Old Age
A wave that travels up a bay against the flow of a river
Tidal Bore
Egg shaped hills
Drumlins
Man made wall along rivers to prevent flooding
Levee