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Hydrosphere Flashcards

1
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Kettle

A

Lake formed from glaciers

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2
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Reservoirs

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Man-made lakes

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3
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Oxbow

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Lakes formed from meandering streams

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4
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Sinkhole

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Lakes formed from dissolved limestone

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5
Q

Largest water shed

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Mississippi River

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6
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What water shed do we belong to?

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Neuse River

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7
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What major tributary flows through Raleigh?

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Crabtree

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8
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Biotic Index

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Determines water quality. 0 is good 10 is bad

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9
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Dissolved minerals and gases

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Homogeneous, solution

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10
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Stream Bond

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Everything a stream can carry

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11
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5 Major Oceans least to greatest (Pink Alligators Include Swans Never)

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Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Northern

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12
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Brackish

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Mix of fresh and salty water

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13
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Three wetlands

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Swamps, bogs, and marshes

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14
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Porosity

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Materials ability to absorb water

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15
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Why are wetlands important?

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Naturally purifies water and flood control.

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16
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Permeability

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Materials ability to let water pass through

17
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Confined Aquifer

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Impermeable layer that prevents water from seeping into it.

18
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Zone of Aeration

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Area underground mostly with air in its pores.

19
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Zone of Saturation

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Area underground with water in its pores

20
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Unconfined Aquifer

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Allows water to seep directly into it.

21
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Aquiclude

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Layer between the zone of aeration and zone of saturation

22
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Water Table

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Impermeable layer that prevents water low into an aquifer

23
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Artesian

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Wells that do not require a pump

24
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Spring

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When the water table is located at the Earths surface

25
Q

Recharge

A

Natural refilling aquifer

26
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Geyser

A

Spring that erupts from the ground with lots of force and pressure

27
Q

Ocean water density depends on

A

Temperature and Salinity

28
Q

Warmest, most sunlit, photosynthesis part of ocean

A

Euphotic

29
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Limited light ocean layer

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Disphotic

30
Q

Bioluminescence, deepest, coldest, darkest layer

A

Aphotic

31
Q

When moon and sun are aligned earth has a

A

Spring tide with a larger tide than normal

32
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When the sun and moon are perpendicular earth has a

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neap tide with a smaller tide than normal

33
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Density currents

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deep water, slow moving

34
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Surface Currents

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Surface, fast moving

35
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North of equator

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Clockwise, N pacific, N atlantic

36
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South of equator

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Counterclockwise, S pacific, S atlantic, Indian

37
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Global Conveyor Belt

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Mixing ocean waters, moves towards poles, water sinks and cools, connects density currents and surface currents, takes roughly 4,000 for all ocean water to mix

38
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Thermohaline

A

temp and salinity

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