Fresh Water
they are two examples of fresh flowing water
what are rivers, streams, and creeks?
Antarctica and Greenland are this type of glacier
what are continental glaciers?
this percentage determines fresh water from saltwater.
what is less than 1%?
another word for rain.
what is precipitation?
the largest contributor of pollution and use of fresh water systems.
what is agriculture?
movement of water across a membrane
what is osmosis?
deposits of clay, sand, and sediments at the bottom of the glacier
what is till?
when the earth moon and the sun are in line, the tidal range is ___________.
what is "the greatest"?
examples are lakes, rivers, and ponds.
what is surface water?
Scientists use this tool to measure the ocean floor
What is a sonar?
drinkable water is called _______.
what is potable water?
scratches on a glacier
what are striations?
two ways animals and organisms adapt to living in water
what are suckers, gills, and bioluminescence etc?
pollutants are "filtered out" during this part of the water cycle.
what is evaporation?
List one of the largest impacts humans make on fresh water systems
What are dams and channelization, waste disposal, overconsumption, and loss of biodiversity?
the name for the type of water that travels through the soil into an acquifer.
what is groundwater?
oval or elongated hill believed to have been formed by the stream land movement of glacial ice sheets across rock debris, or till.
what is a drumlin
concentration of a toxin as it moves up through the food chain
what is biomagnification?
reasons why the ocean is so salty
what is because runoff dissolves salts and minerals, and drops them off in oceans. when water evaporates during the water cycle, it leaves behind the salts and minerals in the ocean water
the difference between point source and nonpoint source
Point source - a small area that releases pollution.
Nonpoint source -pollution coming from many places.
most of freshwater is trapped in this form.
what is a glacier?
a deposition of sediments along both sides of a glacier
what are lateral moraines?
this area comprises all the water and run-off in a given area.
what is a watershed?
carries sediment, nutrients, and polluants into fresh water systems.
what is surface run-off?
The total percentage of freshwater
what is 3%. (available potable water = 0.001%)