Miscellaneous
Most of the freshwater on Earth is found here...
ice caps/glaciers
This is the continuous movement of water on Earth.
What is the water cycle
The lowest part of a wave
Trough
The amount of salt dissolved in water is called what?
Salinity
Water Waves are a transfer of what?
Wind Energy
What percentage of Earth's water is salt water
What is 97%
water vapor changes to a liquid
condensation
The distance from one wave to another.
Wavelength
The continuous slow rise & fall of water on Earth
Tides
What has the greatest impact on climate?
Ocean Currents
the type of technology most commonly used to measure the depth of the ocean
sonar
Water that falls to earth as rain, snow, hail or sleet is called______________.
Precipitation
The highest peak on a wave
crest
The transfer of energy through water
waves
What is the name of the surface current that moves water from the Gulf of Mexico up the Atlantic and resurlts in a warmer climate for Europe?
Gulf Stream
What would be the most major difference between between the Ohoopee River and the Atlantic Ocean?
The Atlantic has more dissolved minerals (saltier)
The process when the water is given off through the leaves as water vapor is called______________.
Transpiration
The steeply inclined part of the ocean floor that is located directly beside the abyssal plain
continental slope
A rock that stores water underground
Aquifer
What 2 things cause currents?
Winds & differences in density (temp & salinity)
Where do the salts in the ocean come from?
weathering & erosion of soil & rocks
The part of the water cycle that keeps the salinity balanced in the ocean
evaporation
Type of tide where the sun, moon, and Earth are aligned - 180 Degree angle - bigget tidal range due to higher than normal high tides and lower than normal low tides
Spring Tide
The wind-driven process where cold, nutrient-rich deep ocean water rises to replace warmer surface water pushed away, primarily along coastlines and in open oceans. Opposite of downwelling.
Upwelling
Why does the moon have a greater impact on our tides than the sun?
Because the moon is closer.