Finals 4 Flashcards
Includes all of Earth’s bodies of water
such as groundwater, freshwater,
and water in rivers, lakes & ocean
water.
It also includes the cryosphere,
which is made up of the world’s ice
sheets and sea ice.
HYDROSPHERE
collectively
describes elements of the earth
system containing water in its
frozen state and includes:
solid precipitation, snow cover,
sea ice, lake and river ice,
glaciers, ice caps, ice sheets,
ice shelves, permafrost, and
seasonally frozen ground
cryosphere
constant
recycling
process of water
Water Cycle or Hydrologic Cycle
It is the gaseous form of water
WATER VAPOR
USES OF WATER
DOMESTIC
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL
IN-STREAM
-uses canals and
ditches to deliver water to crops
Flood Irrigation
conserves
water by delivering water
directly to the roots of
plants
Trickle Irrigation
-uses pumps to
spray water into the air above the
plants
Spray Irrigation
Major consumptive use
of water
Flood Irrigation
Trickle Irrigation
Spray Irrigation
The dynamic of a number of plants, animals, and bacterial population thus bringing about changes in community structure
Eutrophication