Water in the Environment

Question 1

Abiotic Landscape Concept

Answer 1

Physical processes can change streams and lakes

Question 2

Biotic Landscape Concept

Answer 2

Changes that effect the organisms that live there

Question 3

Morphometry

Answer 3

Quantitative description of the shape and size of bodies of water

Question 4

Lake and stream shape

Answer 4

Depends on topography and substrate

Question 5

substrate

Answer 5

what an area is made of

sand, rocks, dirt,…

Question 6

Lake and stream shore length

Answer 6

difficult to measure and is dependent on topography

Question 7

Lake and stream area

Answer 7

Calculated by surveying and software

Question 8

Lake and stream depth

Answer 8

varies, contour lines used for maps

Question 9

Bathymetric Map

Answer 9

a map of contour lines in a lake

Question 10

Lake and stream volume

Answer 10

Calculated by artificially dividing the lake into measurable sections

Question 11

Lake and stream watershed

Answer 11

the area of land that contributes to the water supply, Defined for surface water and ground water

Question 12

Catchment basins

Answer 12

Watershed

Question 13

Stream Velocity

Answer 13

Rate of water movement,

Dependent on depth and shoreline shape

Question 14

Stream Gradient

Answer 14

Drop in elevation,

Follows path of least resistance along the topography

Question 15

Stream Cross sectional area

Answer 15

Measurement along a transect of the stream,

(1/2)Deepest PartWidth

Question 16

Stream discharge

Answer 16

Water carried per minute,

average velocity*cross-sectional area

Question 17

Lake position

Answer 17

Affects chemistry, productivity, and diversity of a lake,

ranges in diversity -3 to 3

Question 18

River Continuum Concept

Answer 18

Classifies streams according to the position in the watershed

Question 19

Intermittent Streams

Answer 19

Flows part of the year, seasonal climactic events

Question 20

First Order

Answer 20

Flows year round,

May be spring fed

Question 21

Second Order

Answer 21

Formed as a junction of two First Order

Question 22

N Order

Answer 22

Formed as a junction of two (N-1) Order

Question 23

Hydrological Cycle

Answer 23

A global closed system

Question 24

Hydrological Ground water

Answer 24

Ground Water have seeps and springs

Question 25

Hydrological Lake

Answer 25

Lakes have inflow and outflow as well as seepage and drains

Question 26

Hydrological Streams

Answer 26

Streams are fed by surface and ground water,

flooding provides nutrients to basin or floodplains

Question 27

Hydrological Reservoirs

Answer 27

a man-made dam for one river,

Water level is often managed

Question 28

Hydrological Wetlands

Answer 28

Shallow waters that often flood, act as biological and physical filter

Question 29

Hydrological Atmosphere

Answer 29

Stores water as vapor,

Fueled by evaporation, respiration, and transpiration