Watershed Virtual Lab Flashcards
What is a Watershed?
An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Where do water impairments come from?
Runoff, Water Discharge, & Breakdown of water infrastructure sewers or pipes
What is a Runoff?
The draining away of water (or substances carried in it) from the surface of an area of land, a building or structure
Example:
-The overflow of water that drains off of your driveway
What does PCB mean?
Physics, Chemistry, & Biology
What does PCB cause?
Health Risks
How are Surface Currents are caused?
Global Winds & Coriolis Effect
_____are large streams of moving water that flow through the oceans.
Currents
What is a warm Front?
Warm air mass pushes cold air mass then rises down
What is a warm Front?
Warm air mass pushes cold air mass then rises down
Cold front?
Cold air mass air pushes warm air mass forcing the warm air to rise quickly
What is a Stationary Front?
When warm air and cold air masses meet and neither one is strong enough to move the other
What is a Occluded Front?
When it forms when a warm air mass is caught between two colder air masses
What is a Cumulus cloud?
A large, white, puffy cloud, that is fair scattered from each other with heavy rain and storms
What is a Cirrus Cloud?
A thin, wispy cloud in the sky with a broad coverage in the sky with fair weather or a change of weather may occur
What is a Stratus Cloud?
A layered, and broad coverage in the sky with light rain and a warm front
What does a Cumulonimbus Cloud mean?
A tall, dark grey, Billowing clouds, with a stormy weather
What is a Continental Polar (cP)?
A land near the poles with a cold and dry feeling
What is a Maritime Tropical (mT)?
Located near the equator near the water with a warm and humid feeling
What is a Maritime Polar (mT)?
Located near the equator over the water with a cold and moist feeling
What does a Continental Tropical mean (cT)?
Located near the equator over the land with a warm and dry feeling
What is a Barometer?
A instrument that measures air pressure
What is a Anemometer?
A instrument that measures wind speed
What is a Hygrometer?
A instrument that measures Humidity
What is Evaporation?
The Sun’s radiation causes liquid water on Earth’s surface to turn into a gas called water vapor, which then rises into the atmosphere because it is less dense
