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water cycle, water on planet earth Flashcards

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1
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what is the hydrosphere?

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water on or close to the earths surface

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what is atmospheric water?

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water found in the atmosphere mainly water vapour

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what is cyrospheric water?

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water that is locked up in earths surface as ice

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what is oceanic water?

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water contained in the earths oceans but not inland seas

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what is terrestrial water?

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three main types
ground water - strata
surface water - lakes
soil water - air spaces of soil

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6
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what could effect climate change?

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changing amounts of atmospheric water

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what percentage of the earths surface do oceans cover?

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72%

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8
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hwat percentage of water do the oceans contain?

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97%

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9
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what percentage of the oceans have been explored?

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5%

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what does the salts in oceans allow it to do?

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stay as a liquid below zero degrees

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why has the ph of oceans decreased?

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due to increase in atmospheric carbon

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12
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what are the five forms of cryospheric water?

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ice caps 
ice sheets 
alpine glaciers 
permafrost 
sea ice
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13
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what is sea ice/

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formed from ocean water when temperature drops lower than zero

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14
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does sea ice raise sea level?

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n

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15
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why doesn’t sea ice raise sea level?

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because it forms from ocean water

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16
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what are ice shelves?

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form when ice sheets and glaciers move out to sea

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how are ice bergs formed?

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chunks of ice that break off glaciers and ice shelves

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18
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do ice bergs change sea level?

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only when they first leave land and push into the water but not when they melt

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what are ice sheets?

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mass of glacial land extending more than 50,000km

20
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where are the two major ice sheets?

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covering most of greenland and antarctica

21
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what percentage of freshwater do the ice sheets on greenland and Antarctica hold?

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99% of earths fresh water

22
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how far does the greenland ice sheet extend?

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1.7 million km3

23
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how do ice sheets form?

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when snow from winter does not fully melt in the summer and over thousands of years layers of ice pile up and compress

24
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how thick is the antarctica ice sheet?

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2km

25
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if the antarctica ice sheet melted how much would sea level rise by?

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60m

26
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what are ice caps?

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thick layers of ice that extend less than 50,000km2

27
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which form extends more than 50,000km2?

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ice sheets

28
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where are ice caps found?

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in mountainous areas

29
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which way do ice caps flow?

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outwards, covering everything in their path

30
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what are alpine glaciers

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thick masses of ice found in deep valleys or in upland hollows

31
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what is permafrost?

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defined as ground that remains below zero degrees for at least two consecutive years

32
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when permafrost melts what does it release and why is this a problem?

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releases large amounts of carbon dioxide and methane, potentially affecting global warming

33
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what are the four broad classes terrestrial water can fall into?

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surface water
ground water
soil water
biological water

34
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what is surface water?

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free flowing water of rivers as well as the water of ponds and lakes

35
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what doe rivers act as?

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a store and a transfer of water

36
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what is groundwater?

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water that collects underground in the pore spaces

37
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what is the water table defined as?

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the depth at which rock becomes completely saturated with water

38
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how is the amount of groundwater decreased?

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by extraction for use in irrigation for agricultural dry land

39
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what is soil water?

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held together with air in unsaturated upper weathered layers of the earth

40
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how does soil moisture affect climate?

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plays a part in the evaporation

41
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what is biological water?

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water stored in all biomass

42
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how can climates become more desert like linked to biological water?

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if vegetation is cut down then there is no evaporation so no water in the atmosphere making the air very dry

43
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what states of water does atmospheric water have?

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all three

44
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what will a small increase in water vapour lead to?

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an increase in atmospheric pressures

45
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what can hot air do but cold air can’t?

A

hold more water

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