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It's Hot Outside
LHS
Ice Cream
Summer
Spring Break
100
What is the water cycle?
What is water constantly moving along oceans, the atmosphere, earth and biosphere.
100
movement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.
What is infiltration
100
plants absorb water and release it into the atmosphere
What is transpiration
100
vertical drop of the stream
What is gradient of a stream
100
corse of water in a streams flow
What is stream's channel
200
Stream's Discharge?
What is volume of water flowing past a certain point
200
series of multipe streams that connects at one point
What is tributary
200
meanders
What is the bend in a stream
200
visible part of sediment throughout groundwater
What is suspended load
200
part of a stream load of solid material that is made out of sediment too large to be carried
What is bed load
300
how do natural levees form
when a stream overflows its banks
300
the land area drained by a river and all its tributes
What is drainage basin
300
divide
What separates drainage basins
300
ground right underneath the water table
What is zone of saturation
300
rotation
What causes day and night
400
polaris
What is the name of the north star
400
seasons
What is precession can cause a minor effect on
400
water beneath the surface of earth
What is groundwater
400
fault
What are fractures in Earth where movement occurs
400
water table
What is the upper limit of the zone of saturation
500
gramma rays, x-rays, ultraviolet light, visible light, infrared rotation, micro waves and radio waves
What are 7 types of electromagnetic radiation
500
the moon, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune and pluto
What are the planets in our solar system
500
milky way
What galaxy our solar system is located in
500
artificial facts, flood control, and limiting development
What are 3 ways to help control floods
500
lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle, outer core and inner core
What are 5 layers of the earth based on physical properties