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SCIENCE WATER 1(November) Flashcards

1
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What percentage does the earth is covered by water

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71%

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2
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Glacier, and ice

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2.15%

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3
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States of water

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*vapor
*Ice
*Liquid

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4
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Salt water

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97.2%

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5
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Streams, rivers, lakes,& etc

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0.65%

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6
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Cycle of water

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  1. Condensation
  2. Precipitation
  3. Collection
  4. Evaporation
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7
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Movement of water on earth and it’s atmosphere

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Water cycle

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8
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From gas back to liquid

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Condensation

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9
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Water falls back to earth

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Precipitation

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10
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Water is heated by the sun

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Evaporation

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11
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Soaks into the ground and is stored as ground water

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Collection

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12
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What percentage does the plants emit water

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14%

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13
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It is the process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores

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Transpiration

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14
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Percentage of sea and evaporation from land

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75% sea, 4% evaporation

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15
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It changes into vapor and is released to atmosphere

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Transpiration

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16
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Large continuous body of salt water

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Oceans

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17
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What is the average depth of the ocean

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12, 201 feet

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18
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Percentage of earth surface in the ocean

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72%

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19
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Measurement of the depth of water

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Bathymetry

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20
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What does SONAR stands for

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Sound Navigating and Ranging

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21
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Type of sonar that includes navigation, measuring bottom depths, fish and planktons

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Echo Sounder

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22
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Cycle of echo sounder

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1.sound surface
2. Acoustic signal
3. Ocean floor
4. return echo
5. Receiver

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23
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It is defined as the “salt concentration” in sea water

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Ocean salinity

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24
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Oceans of the world

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•Pacific ocean - 165, 200,000 sq. Km
•atlantic ocean- 106,400,000 sq. Km
•indian ocean- 73,556,000 sq. Km
•antarctic ocean- 20,327,000 sq.km
• arctic ocean- 14,560,000 sq.km

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25
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Deepest point of the ocean

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Mariana Trench

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26
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Depth of Mariana trench

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36,198 feet

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27
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Study of oceans

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Oceanology

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28
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Found along most of coastal areas

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Passive continental

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29
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Continental shelf has the total ocean area

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7.5%

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30
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Slope dropped to about 6 meters

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Continental rise

31
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Steep structure that mark the boundary between continental crust and oceanic crust

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Continental Slope

32
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-Gently sloping submerged surface

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Continental shelf

33
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-has political and economic significance because it contains mineral deposits that include large deposits of petroleum

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Continental shelf

34
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Thick accumulation of sediments

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Continental rise

35
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-Extend for hundreds of kilometers into deep ocean basin

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Continental rise

36
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Sediments from the ocean floor and pieces of oceanic crust are scraped

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Active Continental Margins

37
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Continental slope merges into a more gradual line

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Continental rise

38
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This is technically active where earthquakes and many volcanoes are highly active

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Active Continental Margins

39
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5 types of continental margins

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•Passive continental
•continental shelf
•continental slope
•continental rise
•active continental margins

40
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Flat features and regions that are likely the most level place on earth

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Abyssal Plains

41
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Downslope movements of dense, sediment-laden matter

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Turbidity Currents

42
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Created when sand and mud on the continental shelf and slope

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Laden water

43
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Volcanic peaks that dotted the ocean floor

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Seamounts

44
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Can rise hundreds of meters above the surrounding topography

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Seamounts

45
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Long, relatively narrow features that form the deepest parts of the ocean

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Deep ocean Trench

46
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-Moving lithospheric plates plunge back into the mantle
-located in Pacific ocean
-earthquake and volcanic activity are highly associates with

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Deep ocean trench

47
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Generates on surface currents

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Wind

48
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Carry the energy from storms to distant shores

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Waves

49
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Produces tides and density differences create deep ocean circulation

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GRAVITY of the moon

50
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Time required for the wave crest

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Wave period

51
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Number of wave crest

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Wave frequency

52
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3 kinds of deep ocean basin

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•abyssal plain
•deep ocean trench
•seamounts

53
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Types of waves

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•Waves of oscillation
•waves of translation

54
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Turbulent advance of water formed near the shore as waves of oscillation

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Waves of translation

55
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In the open sea form advances as the water particles move in circular orbits

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Waves of oscillation

56
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Made different salts, sulfates and carbonates

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Sea

57
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Commonly small, shallow, and near the continental areas or land

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Seas

58
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Lesser amount of salts compared to ocean

A

Sea

59
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9 seas of the world

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•Red sea
•caribbean sea
•mediterranean sea
•andaman sea
•beriing sea
•okhotsk sea
•japan sea
•baltic sea
•china sea

60
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Large, natural stream flowing water. Found in every continent and on nearly every kind of land

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River

61
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It could be short and long, wide and narrow

A

River

62
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5 river in the world

A

•NILE
•AMAZON
•MISSOURI-MISSISSIPPI
•OB-IRTYSH
•YANGTZE

63
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-africa
-6,600 km

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Nile

64
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-asia
-6,540 km

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Yangtze

65
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-north America
-6000km

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Missouri - Mississippi

66
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-asia
-5,450 km

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Ob-irtysh

67
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-south america
-6,200 km

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Amazon

68
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Biggest/longest rivers in the Philippines

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•Cagayan river
•Rio Grande de Mindanao
•Magat river
•Agusan river
•Pampanga river

69
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-luzon
-260 km

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Pampanga river

70
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-luzon
–353 km

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Magat river

71
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-mindanao
-350 km

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Agusan river

72
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-luzon
-505 km

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Cagayan river

73
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-mindanao
-373 km

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Rio Grande de Mindanao

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