lecture 06: hydrosphere

Question 1

what percentage of oceans covers earths surface

Answer 1

70%

Question 2

what drives the water cycle

Answer 2

solar energy and gravity

Question 3

what is evapotranspiration

Answer 3

returning water to the air and helping with the formation of clouds

Question 4

what is groundwater

Answer 4

precipitation stored in the spaces between soil particles and fractures in the rock

Question 5

what is ancient water

Answer 5

very old water

Question 6

what is the layer of ocean division that sun can penetrate

Answer 6

epipelagic

Question 7

what layer is where water temperature is 10 degrees celsius

Answer 7

mesopelagic

Question 8

ocean division between 10 degrees celsius and 4 degrees celsius

Answer 8

bathypelagic

Question 9

ocean division from 4 degrees celsius to 6000m depth

Answer 9

abyssalpelagic

Question 10

ocean division below 6000m

Answer 10

hadalpelagic

Question 11

thermocline

Answer 11

rapid decline in temperature over a fairly narrow change in depth

Question 12

when is the mixed layer less pronounced in temperature regions

Answer 12

winter

Question 13

lotic systems

Answer 13

flowing water (rivers and streams)

Question 14

lentic

Answer 14

still or non-flowing water (lakes, ponds, marshes, swamps, bogs)