A disturbance seen on the surface of water, usually caused by wind.
What is waves?
100
The daily rise and fall of sea level at the shoreline.
What is tides?
100
This percentage of the Earth is salt water.
What is 97%?
100
Begins at the shoreline.
What is the continental shelf?
100
During which process of the water cycle does water return to Earth's surface.
What is precipitation?
200
These are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.
What is tides?
200
The gravitational pull from this celestial object causes tides.
What is the moon?
200
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called...
What is groundwater?
200
Mountain chains formed by magma coming through rift zones.
What is mid-ocean ridges?
200
These are the 3 major steps of the water cycle.
What is evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
300
These are stream-like movements of water in the ocean.
What is ocean currents?
300
Spring tides will occur at either one of these moon phases.
What is new moon and full moon?
300
True or False. Far more fresh water is found in lakes and rivers than underground.
What is false?
300
A flat region covered with mud and the remains of tiny marine organisms.
What is the abyssal plain?
300
When water vapor cools and forms clouds, this process takes place
What is condensation?
400
These two things cause surface currents.
What is wind and the Coriolis Effect?
400
This type of tide forms at the first and third quarter moon, when the gravitational pull is weakest.
What is neap tide?
400
Which of the following would represent the amount of water in rivers and lakes compared to all the water on Earth: a one gallon bucket or 10 drops of water.
What is 10 drops of water?
400
Huge cracks in the deep-ocean basin.
What is ocean trenches?
400
This main energy source drives the water cycle.
What is the sun?
500
These two things cause surface currents.
What is temperature and salinity?
500
In most places there are ___ high tides and __ low tides per day?
What is two and two?
500
True or False. The 3 percent of fresh water on Earth is readily available for humans to use.
What is false?
500
If the ocean were a giant swimming pool, the ____ would be the shallow end.
What is the continental margin?
500
The process in which leaves give droplets as water vapor.