Jeopardy - final exam Flashcards
The name of the rock is formed in a river
conglomerate rock
When a stream slows down sediment what deposits first and what sediment deposits last
First: Gravel
Last: Silt and clay
This area of a river widens over time
Mountain River, river valley, mountain of a river
Like the anatomy like and anila 3 district anatomical areas based on what is happening throughout the river:
Erosion, deposition
If you build a well in this zone below ground you won’t get any water?
This area where water is concentrated below ground varies:
Water table
varies with elevation and precipitation
There are skin cared products for this but it is also found in rock where there are space between grains and rocks:
porosity, (pores)
There are few problems when you pump groundwater faster than it can be replenished. Name 3:
Contamination, salt water intrusion, drying of wells, cone of depression
Plants need rain and warm temp. Which areas in us are great places to grow crops? :
south and east side
Streams can take care of themselves, they build these up along the banks after repeated flooding events:
Levy bank (building up)
When a glacier melts, salinity does what?
Decreases
What is deep water composed of?
Cold and salty
Halocline is where suddenly what increases or decreases.
Salinity
River discharge and volcanic eruptions add or subtract dissolved salinity.
ADD, increase (salty)
Glass of the dentist water available, what does it taste like?
cold and salty
Pfa are bad for hydraulic cycle. Why?
Contaminate water sources and they are forever chemicals (once in system, hard to get rid of )
Temp increase around the globe, have what are 3 consequences?
Melting ice caps, rising sea levels and habitations is, co2, severe storms, salinity increase if water is evaporating,
3 natural objects
volcanic eruptions, hermafrost melting,
Energy resources
Oldest renewable energy that uses a change in elevation to create energy
Hydropower