Bodies Of Water

Question 0

What are tides and how are they affected?

Answer 0

Created by the pull of gravity by moon & sun

Raising & lowering of water level twice in a 24 hour period

Question 1

What type of bodies of water have extreme tides?

Answer 1

Isolated - areas where it is difficult for water to enter & exit

Question 2

How are waves created?

Answer 2

By wind - stirs the ocean’s surface over great distances

Question 3

How do waves work far our vs. Shallow

Answer 3

Waves are constantly moving at a similar pace regardless of area

When they are in a shallower area, they raise up higher causing them to crash
* less room to move *

Question 4

Explain the water cycle (evaporation & condensation)

Answer 4

1. Water stored in the ocean is heated by the sun and evaporates into the air
2. Condensation occurs when the particles & vapor pulls together until they are too heavy

Question 5

Explain the water cycle (Precipitation & Infiltration)

Answer 5

3. Precipitation comes down as rain, snow, sleet, hail (determined by temperature)
4. If ground is not porous or too saturated it does not absorb the water
   * it becomes run-off into the ocean in streams & rivers
   * taking salt back
5. Water absorbing into the ground is called infiltration

Question 6

What is a water table?

Answer 6

Water infiltrated and in the ground

Question 7

How do rivers, lakes, oceans, and estuaries (brackish / fresh goes into salt) differ greatly? What do these differences depend on?

Answer 7

Differ greatly in their salinity levels

Differences depend on how water enters and leaves the body of water

Question 8

Why do some bodies of water tend to have lower salinity levels than others?

Answer 8

Bodies with drainage have lower salinity levels

Big Bear Lake has a drainage - less salinity

Salt Lake has no drainage - more salinity