General Knowledge
The Water Cycle
Oceans
Glacial Evidence
Global Warming
100

The name of the Largest Ocean

Pacific

100

When liquid water turns to gas

Evaporation

100

The three oceans that border Canada

Atlantic, Pacific, Arctic

100

A rock that seems out of place for its surroundings

erratic boulder

100

The name we give the effect that traps heat via gasses in our atmosphere

Greenhouse effect

200

Around 2% of the earth's water is store as freshwater in these...

Glaciers/Ice Caps

200

Any time water makes contact with the earth from clouds.

Precipitation

200

What does salinity tells us about water.

Its salt content or saltiness

200

The water that is flowing as it melts from a glacier.

Melt Water

200

With the formula of CO2, the english name of the most common greenhouse gas

Carbon Dioxide

300

The chemical formula for water

H2O

300

Water that moves along the surface as streams and rivers

Run-off

300

The rough percentage of water on earth that is found in the ocean.

97%

300

A pile of sediment at the end of where a glacier used to be.

Morraine

300

The historical event/period that caused a massive increase in the amount of greenhouse gasses that humans produce

Industrial Revolution

400

The name given to the entirety of water on the planet that interacts with the geosphere and atmosphere.

Hydrosphere

400

Water travelling underneath the surface of the soil.

Groundwater

400

List 2 reasons why surface currents form in the shape and direction that they do

Uneven heating of the globe,

The rotation of the earth

The shape of the continents

400

A bowl-like shape carved into a mountain.

Cirque

400

Describe the Albedo Effect

Ice that is brightly colored reflects light better than dark soil, thus making the earth warmer when the ice is gone

500

What does it mean if water is NOT potable

We can't drink it

500

Water leaving the cells of plants as vapor

Transpiration

500

What would fine, smooth sand tell us about the beach where its located?

The beach is old and has been eroded over many years.

500

The sharp jagged points at the tops of a mountain range

Arete

500

The heat that is not trapped by the greenhouse effect moves here.

Outer Space