Earths Major Systems Lesson 3 And 4 Flashcards
3% of earths water is freshwater which is mostly
Frozen
______ provided freshwater for homes farms and businesses
Running water
______is an arftical lake that stores water
Resversoir
70% or the earths surface is ___________water
Salty
Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water
Sodium and chloride
____________is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water
Sodium chloride or salt
______is a measure of how salty water is
Salinity
Fast running water ecosystems have more ____________ than slow running water
Oxygen
________is a ecosystem that is wet during some or all of the year
Wetland
Wetlands include
Marshes bog and swamps
Estuaries change with the _________
Tide
_______is the constant movement of ocean water
Current
________is a powerful cause of erosion
Gravity
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 _______
Delta
__________where land and a body of water meet
Shoreline
________any area of shoreline made of materials deposited by waves
Beach
_______cause rocks to hit off other rocks and move sand and rocks pieces to other locations such as forms beaches sandbars and barrier islands
Waves
The _______is the energy source for the water cycle
Sun
What cycle process step 1 ______ or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of ______
Water evaporates and water vapors
________is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plant
Transpiration
Step 2-water vapors cools in the process of ___________________form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere
Condensation
______________occurs as water falls from the clouds
Precipitation
_______________precipitation that flows scrods the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams
Runoff
___________is a region that contributed ester to a river or river system
Watershed
___________is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Weather
__________is the force of air pushing on an area
Air pressure
___________is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
_______________is the height above earths surface and is measured from sea level
Attitude
___________ is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
Weathering
_________air masses form over the northern polar waters
Cold moist
______air masses form over tropical land
Warm dry
______air masses form over tropical waters
Warm moist air masses
______front brings light steady rain
Warm front
________front brings stormy weather
Cold front
_________front cause rainy weather to last for days
Stationary front
_______form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere
Clouds
________air masses form over the northern polar region
Cold dry air masses
Water stored in cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks
Groundwater
An underground layer of rock or soil that had connected pores or holes that water can pass through
Aquifer
The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem
Estuary
The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock
Erosion
The process of removing salt from salt water in order to be used by living things
Desalination
The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rocks
Despoition
The slow changing of a liquid into a gas below the boiling ooint
Condensation
Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain sleet hail or snow
Precipitation
The average weather pattern of a region over time
Climate
The boundary between two air masses; examples include cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts.
Front
