2017 Mod5 Flashcards
Write out the definitions for the following terms:
A. Hydrosphere
The sum of all water on the planet
B. Hydraulic cycle
The process by which water is continuously exchange between earths various water sources
C. Transpiration
Evaporation of water from plants
D. Condensation
The process by which a gas turns into a liquid
E. Precipitation
What are falling from the atmosphere as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
F. Distillation
Evaporation and condensation of a mixture to separate out the mixture’s individual components
G. Residence time
The average time a given particle will stay in a given system
H. Salinity
A measure of the mass of dissolved salt in a given mass of water
I. Firn
A dense pack of old snow
J. Water table
The line between the water – salt water soil in the soil that is not saturated with water
K. Percolation
The process by which water moves downward in the soil, towards the water table
L. Adiabatic cooling
The cooling of gas that happens when the gas expands with no way of getting more energy
M. Cloud condensation nuclei
Small airborne particles upon which water vapor condenses to form clouds
What kind of water makes up the majority of earth water supply
Saltwater
What is the largest source of freshwater on the planet
Glaciers and ice Bergs
What is the largest source of liquid freshwater on the earth
Groundwaters
In the hydraulic cycle, name the ways water can enter the atmosphere
Evaporation and transportation
When I raindrop hits the ground, name three ways I can eventually end up in a river
Runners, groundwater flow, and being re-evaluated or through transpiration back into a cloud to be precipitated into a river
What process in the hydraulic cycle put soil moisture in to the atmosphere?
Transpiration
In which body of water with the resident time be shorter: it quickly moving river or a lake that has no river outlets
The river
What must a lake have an order for it to be a freshwater lake
And outlet other than evaporation
Why is the salinity of the Ocean evidence that the earth is not billions of years old
The salt in the ocean would be much higher if it was billions of years old
If you tasted ninth is the ice would it taste like fresh water or salt water
Salt water
Where do icebergs come from?
Glaciers
Where do Il glaciers come from
Heavy snow packs on mountains
What is the term for the process by which a person of a glacier breaks off and thousand to the water
Calving
The captain of a ship season iceberg and steers clear zits why is the cabin still worried about a collision
Did you can only see 10% of an iceberg
Told you straight to areas of land close to one another in the first there are lots of trees in the second there are almost no cheese it off other than that the two areas since I don’t go they have the same kind of grass and experience the same kind of weather which one has deeper water tables explain
The first because the trees soak up water leaving the ground only moist not soaked
If no energy is added to air, what will happen did the temperature when Eric air
It will cool
Will fog with thicker in a smoky area or area free of smoke
Hey Smokey area
What kind of cooling is responsible for the most confirmation
Condensation
Hey bright student notes with a few mono vacations and refrigerator can become a hotbox he been going to warm instead
If you reverse the pipes the gas will warm up inside the box and cool down when outside
What kind of water pollutant is the hardest to track back to its source
Groundwater
