Lesson 3and4 Hydrosphere/ Atmosphere Flashcards
Water stored in cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks
Groundwater
An underground layer of rock. Or soil that has connected pores or holes that water can pass through
Aquifer
The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystems
Estuary
The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock
Erosion
The dropping of off eroded soil an bits of rock
Deposition
The process of removing salt from salt water In order 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
Precipitation
The average weather pattern of a region over time
Climate
The boundary between two air masses examples include cold fronts warm fronts and stationary fronts
Front
3%of earths 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 the earths surface is —————- water
Salty
Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water
A sodium
B chloride
—————-is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water
Sodium chloride or salt
—————- is a measure of how salty water is
Salinity
Fast running water ecosystems have more ——————than slower running water
Oxygen
—————— is an ecosystem that is wet during some or all of the year
Wetland
Wetlands include :
A marshes
B bogs
C swamps
Estuaries change with the —————
Tide
———————is the constant movement of ocean water
Current
—————— is a powerful cause of erosion
Gravity
Fast moving rivers can wash away soil rocks depositing them into a lake 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 of materials 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 barrier islands
Waves
The ————————- is the energy source for the water cycle
Sun
Step 1 of water cycle ——— or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of ————-
Water evaporates and water vapor
—————————— is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plants
Transpiration
Step 2 water vapor cools in the process of —————- ————. Form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere
Condenses clouds
Step 3 ———————— occurs as water falls from the clouds
Precipitation
—————- precipitation that flows across the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams
Run off
——————— 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 earths surface and is measured from sea level
Altitude
———————- is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces
Weathering
——————- air masses form over the northern polar region
Cold dry air masses
———————- air masses form over the northern polar waters
Cold moist air masses
————————-air masses form over tropical land
Warm dry air masses
——————- air masses form over tropical waters
Warm moist air masses
————————- front brings light steady rain
Warm front
————————— front brings stormy weather
Cold fronts
————————-fronts cause rainy weather to last for days
Stationary fronts
