Water Cycle
Which direction does water always head?
Downhill
What rock’s name means “born by fire”?
Igneous
Provide three examples of fossil fuels?
Oil, Coal, Natural Gas
Describe three ways that rocks can change form?
Erosion/Weathering, Heat, Pressure, Volcanic Eruption, deposition
Provide four examples of renewable energy sources.
Nuclear, Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Tidal, Hydro
What is Orangeville’s main source of water?
An Aquifer
What is the name of the large pieces of crust that we sit on? There are roughly 15 in the world.
Tectonic Plates
What type of Greenhouse Gas do cows emit?
Methane
What are the three layers of the earth?
Crust, Mantle & Core
There are three major Greenhouse Gases. What are they and provide one example of what produces/emits them.
Carbon Dioxide, Methane & Nitrous Oxide
In the Credit River Watershed all water flows downhill toward?
Which rock often was formed by sand and fossils collecting on an ancient river or lake bed?
Sedimentary
In the month of June Orangeville is typically 15 degrees celsius & has 100 mm of rain. Is this weather or climate?
Climate
Provide two examples of unnatural carbon source?
Cars, Factories
How long does it take an aquifer to recharge?
A. 100-1,000 yrs
B. 1,000-10,000 yrs
C. 20,000-100,000 yrs
B. 1,000-10,000 yrs
Name two forces that can erode/weather a rock?
Wind & Water
Provide two examples of a carbon sink?
Tree, swamp, ocean etc
It rains really hard on a farmers field. Two different water flows will occur. What are they?
A. Infiltration & Runoff
What is the process called when a body of water undergoes an algae bloom?
Eutrophication
Name all three types of rocks and one way to identify each one.
Metamorphic, Sedimentary & Igneous
Provide two examples of a natural carbon source?
Volcano, Decomposition
Name two places that liquid freshwater is stored? Approximately what percentage of the world's water is this?
Surface & Ground Water and less than a percent