Water Quality
The building of homes and roads is know as this.
What is human impact?
This process of the water cycle is caused by gravity.
What is precipitation?
Rivers are usually found at these elevations on topographic maps.
What are lower elevations?
This is the process that is like a "broom" and removes sediments that are created.
What is erosion?
This type of mechanical weathering is caused by rocks bumping up against each other.
What is abrasion?
pH levels are measured in water to detect this.
What is acidity?
This is where most of the water on Earth is stored.
What is the ocean?
Close lines on a topographic map represent this.
What is the steepness of elevation?
These create erosion along coastlines.
What are waves?
This type of chemical weathering is common in precipitation.
What is acid rain?
Farming puts too many of these into the water, creating dead zones.
What are nutrients?
What is evaporation?
Contour lines show this on a topographic map.
What is elevation?
These are created at the mouths of rivers due to erosion and deposition.
What is a delta?
This type of mechanical weathering is due to water freezing and expanding in rocks.
What is ice wedging?
A decrease in aquatic species, such as fish, may be an indicator of....
What is a decline in water quality?
Glaciers will melt from the Sun's energy and that water will be carried downhill, eventually ending up in this.
What is groundwater?
The numbers found on topographic maps are know as this.
What are intervals?
Long periods of this would contribute to erosion along cliffs.
What is precipitation?
This substance can create chemical weathering when rocks are sitting in it.
What is water? (Hydrolysis)
The largest dead zone in the world is located here.
This is what we call evaporation from plants.
What is transpiration?
The side of a mountain that is in the rainshadow is known as this.
What is leeward?
Erosion can be caused by these moving slowly downhill.
What are glaciers?
Plants can create mechanical weathering due to this.
What is roots growing in cracks?