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Earths Major Systems Lesson 3 And 4 Flashcards

1
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3% of earths water is freshwater which is mostly

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Frozen

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2
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______ provided freshwater for homes farms and businesses

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Running water

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3
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______is an arftical lake that stores water

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Resversoir

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4
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70% or the earths surface is ___________water

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Salty

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5
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Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water

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Sodium and chloride

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6
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____________is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water

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Sodium chloride or salt

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7
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______is a measure of how salty water is

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Salinity

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8
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Fast running water ecosystems have more ____________ than slow running water

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Oxygen

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9
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________is a ecosystem that is wet during some or all of the year

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Wetland

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10
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Wetlands include

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Marshes bog and swamps

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11
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Estuaries change with the _________

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Tide

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12
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Name the 4 other oceans

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Intertida, nertic zone oceanic zone and abyssal zone

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13
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Precipitation is often ____________ near large bodies of water

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Higher

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14
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_______is the constant movement of ocean water

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Current

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15
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________is a powerful cause of erosion

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Gravity

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16
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Fast-moving rivers can wash away soil and rocks depositing them into a lake and ocean the built up sediment can form a landform called a _______

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Delta

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17
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__________where land and a body of water meet

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Shoreline

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18
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________any area of shoreline made of materials deposited by waves

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Beach

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19
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_______cause rocks to hit off other rocks and move sand and rocks pieces to other locations such as forms beaches sandbars and barrier islands

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Waves

20
Q

The _______is the energy source for the water cycle

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Sun

21
Q

What cycle process step 1 ______ or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of ______

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Water evaporates and water vapors

22
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________is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plant

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Transpiration

23
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Step 2-water vapors cools in the process of ___________________form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

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Condensation

24
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______________occurs as water falls from the clouds

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Precipitation

25
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_______________precipitation that flows scrods the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams

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Runoff

26
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___________is a region that contributed ester to a river or river system

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Watershed

27
Q

___________is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Weather

28
Q

__________is the force of air pushing on an area

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Air pressure

29
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___________is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

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Humidity

30
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_______________is the height above earths surface and is measured from sea level

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Attitude

31
Q

___________ is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

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Weathering

32
Q

_________air masses form over the northern polar waters

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Cold moist

33
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______air masses form over tropical land

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Warm dry

34
Q

______air masses form over tropical waters

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Warm moist air masses

35
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______front brings light steady rain

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Warm front

36
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________front brings stormy weather

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Cold front

37
Q

_________front cause rainy weather to last for days

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Stationary front

38
Q

_______form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

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Clouds

39
Q

________air masses form over the northern polar region

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Cold dry air masses

40
Q

Water stored in cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks

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Groundwater

41
Q

An underground layer of rock or soil that had connected pores or holes that water can pass through

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Aquifer

42
Q

The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem

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Estuary

43
Q

The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock

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Erosion

44
Q

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to be used by living things

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Desalination

45
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The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

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46
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The slow changing of a liquid into a gas below the boiling ooint

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Condensation

47
Q

Water that falls from clouds to the ground 8n the form of rain sleet hail or snow

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Precipitation

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