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Water
Glaciers
Ponds and Lakes
Ocean Zones
Vocab
100
What portion of the Earth is covered by water?
What is 3/4 or about 75%
100
What is a Glacier?
What is a large piece of flowing ice.
100
What is a pond?
A small body of freshwater with no stream draining.
100
How many vertical zones are there?
There are 3 vertical zones.
100
Define Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack in a glacier that forms from moving ice.
200
What is the only substance on Earth that can naturally be found in all three States of Matter?
What is Water
200
What is it called when a glacier stops moving?
What is an Ice Sheet
200
What is a lake?
A large body of freshwater drained by streams.
200
What is the Photic zone?
The zone below 200m where there is no sunlight.
200
Define Downdwelling.
Downdwelling is ocean water that sinks because it is more dense.
300
What are the three states of matter?
What are Solid, Liquid, and Gas
300
What are the three types of glaciers?
What are Alpine Glaciers, Continental Glaciers, and Ice Caps.
300
What type of water are lakes and ponds made of?
What is Freshwater
300
Why do most sea creatures live or visit the top?
Because that is where plankton is and they start the food chain.
300
Define Updwelling.
Updwelling is cold water that is high in nutrients that rises to the top of the ocean.
400
What percent of all water is Freshwater?
What is about 3%
400
What are icecaps?
Giant Glaciers that instead of covering a small valley they cover a big mountain range
400
Where can lakes form?
Lakes can form in holes carved by glaciers or volcanic craters
400
How many horizontal zones are there?
There are 3 horizontal zones.
400
Define Tide
The daily rise and fall of Earth's sea levels.
500
What is the kind of water that we drink?
What is Freshwater
500
What are continental glaciers?
Glaciers that cover flat lands and flow away from where a lot of snow accumulates.
500
What is a lake made of Salt Water?
Great Salt Lake in Utah
500
What are the horizontal zones?
The horizontal zones are the Intertidal, Oceanic, and Aphotic zones.
500
Define Resevoir
A reservoir is a spot that holds water for a period of time