Hydrosphere Unit Review

Question 1

Hydrosphere

Answer 1

All water on Earth.

Question 2

Erosion

Answer 2

Breaking down of the geosphere.

Question 3

Deposition

Answer 3

The process of minerals going in a part of the ocean.

Question 4

Tides

Answer 4

Daily changes in the level of ocean water.

Question 5

Currents

Answer 5

Streams of water flow constantly on the entire ocean.

Question 6

Spring Tide

Answer 6

Occur during the new moon and full moon.

Question 7

Neap Tide

Answer 7

Occur during the first and third quarter of the moon.

Question 8

Tidal Range

Answer 8

Between the ocean level at high tide.

Question 9

Porosity

Answer 9

Holes in rocks or between grains of soil

Question 10

Permeability

Answer 10

Water can move through the holes or grains of soil.

Question 11

Fluvial Processes

Answer 11

Associated with water running over land.

Question 12

Aquifer

Answer 12

An underground layer of rock that saturated with groundwater.

Question 13

Recharge Rate

Answer 13

The water that enters the aquifers.

Question 14

Groundwater

Answer 14

Freshwater below Earth’s surface.

Question 15

Permafrost

Answer 15

Permanently frozen ground.

Question 16

Cryosphere

Answer 16

Any part of the Earth covered by frozen water.

Question 17

Paleoclimatology

Answer 17

Study of Earth’s atmosphere in prehostoric times.

Question 18

Headwater

Answer 18

The source of a river, where it begins.

Question 19

Mouth

Answer 19

Where rivers end, meet a larger body of water.

Question 20

Divide

Answer 20

Areas of higher elevation that separate watersheds.

Question 21

Watershed

Answer 21

The area of land drained by a river system.

Question 22

Channel

Answer 22

The path that the river flows over.

Question 23

Tributary

Answer 23

Stream of water the flow into a larger one.

Question 24

Confluence

Answer 24

The point where two rivers meet.

Question 25

Sinuous

Answer 25

Irregular curves, medium age river.

Question 26

Meandering

Answer 26

Slow, large curves, very low gradiant, old.

Question 27

Braided

Answer 27

Large alluvium drop breaks up channels.

Question 28

Straight

Answer 28

Youngest river, near geologic faults.

Question 29

Ephemeral

Answer 29

Those that flow only during and after a precipitation event.

Question 30

Perennial

Answer 30

Rivers that flow year round.

Question 31

Intermittent

Answer 31

Rivers that stop flow at least 2 times in 5 years.

Question 32

What is the difference between an alpine glacier and continental ice sheets?

Answer 32

Continental Ice Sheets are in Greenland and Antarctica, and Alpine Glaciers referred to as Valley Glaciers when they flow valleys.

Question 32

Exotic

Answer 32

Those that start in one climate and end in a very dry area.

Question 33

What are the three main categories for uses of water?

Answer 33

Agriculture, Industry, and Electricity.

Question 34

What is the world’s largest watershed?

Answer 34

The Amazon Basin.

Question 35

What are large cracks in ice that are formed by glacial movement called?

Answer 35

Crevasses.

Question 36

Glaciers, found in mountains, but cover areas larger than a valley are called what?

Answer 36

Ice Caps.

Question 37

When glaciers gain more mass over time than they lose, we call them what?

Answer 37

Advancing Glaciers.

Question 38

Glaciers flow downhill due to the ________ ________ created by the weight of the ice.

Answer 38

Gravitational Pull.

Question 39

The amount of water being carried at any given time by a river is called its what?

Answer 39

Discharge.

Question 40

The area of flat land vulnerable to flooding that surrounds a river is called a what?

Answer 40

Floodplain.

Question 41

As we go deeper in the ocean, temperatures ___________ and pressure ___________.

Answer 41

Decreases & Increases.

Question 42

River make erosion do what?

Answer 42

V-shaped valleys and canyons.

Question 43

River make deposition do what?

Answer 43

Meanders and Deltas.