Lesson 3 and 4 Hydrosphere/atmosphere Flashcards
Water stored in cracks and space between particles of soil and underground rocks
Groundwater
An underground layer of rocks or solid that has connected pores,or holes, that water can pass through
Aquifer
The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem
Estuary
The process of carrying away solid or pieces of rock
Erosion
The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock
Deposition
The process of removing salt from water in order to be used by living things
Desalination
The slow changing of a liquid into a gas below the boiling point
Evaporation
The changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed
Condensation
Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain,sleet,hail,or snow
Precipitataion
The average weather pattern of a region over time
Climate
The boundary between two air masses;examples include cold front,warm fronts and stationary fronts
Front
3% of Earth’s Water is freshwater which is mostly
Frozen
provides freshwater for homes,farms,and businesses
Running Water
Is an artificial lake that stores water
Reservoir
70% of Earth surface is. Water
Salty
Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water
Sodium and chloride
is the large percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water
Sodium chloride or salt
Is a measure oh how salty water is
Salinity
Fast running water ecosystem haves more. Than slower moving running water
Oxygen
Is and ecosystem that is wet during some or all the year
Wetland
Wet land include
Marshes Bogs and swamps
Estuaries change with the
Tide
Is the constant movement of ocean water
Current
Is a powerful cause of erosion
Gravity
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
Delta
Where land and a body of water meet
Shoreline
Any area of shoreline made material deposited by waves
Beach
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
Waves
The is energy source for the water cycle
Sun
Step-1
Or changes from a liquid to a gas in the of
Water evaporates sand water vapor
Is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plants
Transpiration
Step-2. Water vapor cools in the process of
Condensation
Forms which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere
Cloud form
Step- 3 occurs as water fall from the clouds
Precipitate
Precipitate that flows across the land’s surface or falls into rivers and streams
Runfall
Is a region that contributes water to a river or river system
Watershed
Is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place
Weather
Is the force of air pushing on an area
Air pressure
Is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air
Humidity
Is the height above Earth’s surface and is measured from sea level
Altitude
Is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
Weathering
Air masses from over the northern polar region
Cold,dry
Air masses forms over the northern polar waters
Cold,moist
Air masses forms over tropical land
Warm,dry
Air masses forms over tropical waters
Warm,moist
Fronts bring light steady rain
Warm
Fronts brings stormy weather
Cold
Fronts course rainy weather to last for days
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