Lesson 3 and 4 Hydrosphere/atmosphere

Question 1

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

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Groundwater

Question 2

An underground layer of rocks or solid that has connected pores,or holes, that water can pass through

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Aquifer

Question 3

The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem

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Estuary

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The process of carrying away solid or pieces of rock

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Erosion

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The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

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Deposition

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

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Desalination

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

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Evaporation

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The changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed

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Condensation

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

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Precipitataion

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The average weather pattern of a region over time

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Climate

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

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Front

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3% of Earth’s Water is freshwater which is mostly

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Frozen

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provides freshwater for homes,farms,and businesses

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Running Water

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Is an artificial lake that stores water

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Reservoir

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70% of Earth surface is. Water

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Salty

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Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water

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Sodium and chloride

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is the large percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water

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Sodium chloride or salt

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Is a measure oh how salty water is

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Salinity

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Fast running water ecosystem haves more. Than slower moving running water

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Oxygen

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Is and ecosystem that is wet during some or all the year

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Wetland

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Wet land include

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Marshes Bogs and swamps

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Estuaries change with the

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Tide

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Is the constant movement of ocean water

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Current

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Is a powerful cause of erosion

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Gravity

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Fast-moving river can wash away soil and rocks, depositing them into a lake and ocean.The built up sediment can form a landform called a

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Delta

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Where land and a body of water meet

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Shoreline

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Any area of shoreline made material deposited by waves

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Beach

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Cause rocks to hit off of other rocks and move sand and rock pieces to other locations, such as forming beaches,sandbars and barriers island

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Waves

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The is energy source for the water cycle

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Sun

Question 30

Step-1 Or changes from a liquid to a gas in the of

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Water evaporates sand water vapor

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Is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plants

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Transpiration

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Step-2. Water vapor cools in the process of

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Condensation

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Forms which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

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Cloud form

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Step- 3 occurs as water fall from the clouds

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Precipitate

Question 35

Precipitate that flows across the land’s surface or falls into rivers and streams

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Runfall

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Is a region that contributes water to a river or river system

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Watershed

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Is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

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Weather

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Is the force of air pushing on an area

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Air pressure

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Is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

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Humidity

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Is the height above Earth’s surface and is measured from sea level

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Altitude

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Is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

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Weathering

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Air masses from over the northern polar region

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Cold,dry

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Air masses forms over the northern polar waters

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Cold,moist

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Air masses forms over tropical land

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Warm,dry

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Air masses forms over tropical waters

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Warm,moist

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Fronts bring light steady rain

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Warm

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Fronts brings stormy weather

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Cold

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Fronts course rainy weather to last for days

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