Lesson 3-4 Hydrosphere And Atmosphere

Question 1

Water stored in cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks

Answer 1

Groundwater

Question 2

An underground layer of rock or soil that has connected pores or holes that water can pass through

Answer 2

Aquifer

Question 3

The boundary between fresh water ecosystems meets a salt water ecosystem

Answer 3

Estuary

Question 4

The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock

Answer 4

Erosion

Question 5

The dripping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

Answer 5

Deposition

Question 6

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to be used by living things

Answer 6

Desalination

Question 7

The slow changing of a liquid into a gas below the boiling point

Answer 7

Evaporation

Question 8

The changing of gas into a liquid as heat is removed

Answer 8

Condensation

Question 9

Water that falls from the clouds to the ground in the form of rain hail sleet or snow

Answer 9

Precipitation

Question 10

The average weather pattern of a region overtime

Answer 10

Climate

Question 11

The boundary between two air masses examples include cold fronts warm fronts and stationary fronts

Answer 11

Front