Hydrosphere Vocabukary

Question 1

Amplitude

Answer 1

Height of wave

Question 2

Tidal Range

Answer 2

The difference between the high and low tide in a day

Question 3

Gulf Stream

Answer 3

A large, swift warm equatorial waters northward and moderate climate

Question 4

Polar Molecule

Answer 4

Molecule in which one end is partially positive and the other is partially negative

Question 5

Drought

Answer 5

Long period of lower than normal rainfall for a particular region

Question 6

Pathogens

Answer 6

Organisms that cause disease

Question 7

Drip Irrigation

Answer 7

Method in which a small amount of water is delivered directly to an individual plant, usually through pipes or tubes

Question 8

Headwaters

Answer 8

Where a stream begins: usually in mountains

Question 9

Tributaries

Answer 9

Smaller of two streams that join together to make a longer stream

Question 10

Basin

Answer 10

All of the land that is drained by a river system or when rocks bend downward in a circular system

Question 11

Divide

Answer 11

A ridge that separates one water basin together

Question 12

Continental Divide

Answer 12

A divide that separates water that goes into a different ocean

Question 13

Biodiversity

Answer 13

Variety of life in one ecosystem

Question 14

Biomass

Answer 14

Total mass of living organisms in a given region

Question 15

Salinity

Answer 15

Measure of the amount of dissolved salt in water; average salinity in ocean is 3.5 percent

Question 16

Bioluminescence

Answer 16

Production of light by a living organism through a chemical reaction

Question 17

Intertidal Zone

Answer 17

Part of the shore that’s below water at high tide and above water at low tide

Question 18

Neritic Zone

Answer 18

Part of the ocean where the continental shelf gradually slopes seaward; sunlight can penetrate the bottom in much of the Neritic Zone

Question 19

Water Column

Answer 19

Vertical column of ocean water, divided into different zones according to their depth