Fresh And Saltwater Systems Chapter 2 Flashcards

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What is a waves? And how do they form?

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I’m calm days waves laugh along the stores on stormy days they crash against it

Waves are changes in patterns that move along the water surface. The water itself does not move very far but the waves can move thousands of kilometres along the surface of the ocean

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Causes of water waves

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Most waves are caused by wind. The stronger the way the bigger the waves. Outing open water waves appear as up-and-down water movements. But if you’re in a boat you feel this up-and-down movement as the waves pass under your boat. As it goes closer to the shore the lower part of the waves drag on the bottom of the ocean which slows the waves down. The top of the waves rise up and eventually break crashing onto the store that’s how waves do the most damage

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What cause tsunamis?

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Earthquakes can create huge ocean waves although these waves are large they spread out over a long distance. Because of this they are not noticeable in ocean water once begin to slow down in shallow water however they can grow as high as a 15 story building

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Effects of waves

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The force of waves crashing along the shoreline can change the shape of the story. Whenever it’s hard or soft sand. Large waves a road away the store but small waves move gentry along the shore. It can depose centre other me a materialsnear the store

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The cause of tide

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The main cause of ties is the gravitational Force of the moon. The side of the earth that is closest to the moon feels the strongest pull from the moons gravity this is where the bulge of water is the highest but other forces are also at work, resulting from earth and moon moons rotation. These forces cause other smaller bulges on the other side of earth at the same time the two large bulges on either side of the earth or high tides

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Stream characteristics

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Stream characteristics include the rate of the water flow and slope of the streams bed. Where is can be described with the same characteristics.

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Waves

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Circular movements of water along the water’s surfaces

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Tides

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Daily changes in the water level of the oceans

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Sediments

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Eroded rock fragments and soil carried by water or wind

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Continental divide

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Highest point of land on the continent rivers flow into different oceans

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Glaciers

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Large moving body of ice glaciers can be many metres or kilometres thick

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Climate

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Average weather measured over a long period of time

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Currents

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Streams of water that moves with in a body of water

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Watershed

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All the area of land that drains into one main like

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Moraines

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Moorings form from rocks and gravel that buildup along the sides at the end of the Glacier

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Esker

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Easters form one parts of a glacier melt this melt water flows into tunnels under the ice

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Drumlins

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Germans are small hills with a destructive teardrops shape. They form want to grace your moves over moraiens that have formed earlier