Earths Major Systems Lesson 3 And 4

Question 1

3% of earths water is freshwater which is mostly

Answer 1

Frozen

Question 2

______ provided freshwater for homes farms and businesses

Answer 2

Running water

Question 3

______is an arftical lake that stores water

Answer 3

Resversoir

Question 4

70% or the earths surface is ___________water

Answer 4

Salty

Question 5

Name the 2 most abundant minerals in the ocean water

Answer 5

Sodium and chloride

Question 6

____________is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water

Answer 6

Sodium chloride or salt

Question 7

______is a measure of how salty water is

Answer 7

Salinity

Question 8

Fast running water ecosystems have more ____________ than slow running water

Answer 8

Oxygen

Question 9

________is a ecosystem that is wet during some or all of the year

Answer 9

Wetland

Question 10

Wetlands include

Answer 10

Marshes bog and swamps

Question 11

Estuaries change with the _________

Answer 11

Tide

Question 12

_______is the constant movement of ocean water

Answer 12

Current

Question 13

________is a powerful cause of erosion

Answer 13

Gravity

Question 14

Fast-moving rivers can wash away soil and rocks depositing them into a lake and ocean the built up sediment can form a landform called a _______

Answer 14

Delta

Question 15

__________where land and a body of water meet

Answer 15

Shoreline

Question 16

________any area of shoreline made of materials deposited by waves

Answer 16

Beach

Question 17

_______cause rocks to hit off other rocks and move sand and rocks pieces to other locations such as forms beaches sandbars and barrier islands

Answer 17

Waves

Question 18

The _______is the energy source for the water cycle

Answer 18

Sun

Question 19

What cycle process step 1 ______ or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of ______

Answer 19

Water evaporates and water vapors

Question 20

________is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plant

Answer 20

Transpiration

Question 21

Step 2-water vapors cools in the process of ___________________form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

Answer 21

Condensation

Question 22

______________occurs as water falls from the clouds

Answer 22

Precipitation

Question 23

_______________precipitation that flows scrods the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams

Answer 23

Runoff

Question 24

___________is a region that contributed ester to a river or river system

Answer 24

Watershed

Question 25

___________is the condition of the atmosphere at a given time and place

Answer 25

Weather

Question 26

__________is the force of air pushing on an area

Answer 26

Air pressure

Question 27

___________is a measure of the amount of water vapor in the air

Answer 27

Humidity

Question 28

_______________is the height above earths surface and is measured from sea level

Answer 28

Attitude

Question 29

___________ is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

Answer 29

Weathering

Question 30

_________air masses form over the northern polar waters

Answer 30

Cold moist

Question 31

______air masses form over tropical land

Answer 31

Warm dry

Question 32

______air masses form over tropical waters

Answer 32

Warm moist air masses

Question 33

______front brings light steady rain

Answer 33

Warm front

Question 34

________front brings stormy weather

Answer 34

Cold front

Question 35

_________front cause rainy weather to last for days

Answer 35

Stationary front

Question 36

_______form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

Answer 36

Clouds

Question 37

________air masses form over the northern polar region

Answer 37

Cold dry air masses

Question 38

Water stored in cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks

Answer 38

Groundwater

Question 39

An underground layer of rock or soil that had connected pores or holes that water can pass through

Answer 39

Aquifer

Question 40

The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem

Answer 40

Estuary

Question 41

The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock

Answer 41

Erosion

Question 42

The process of removing salt from salt water in order to be used by living things

Answer 42

Desalination

Question 43

The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rocks

Answer 43

Despoition

Question 44

The slow changing of a liquid into a gas below the boiling ooint

Answer 44

Condensation

Question 45

Water that falls from clouds to the ground in the form of rain sleet hail or snow

Answer 45

Precipitation

Question 46

The average weather pattern of a region over time

Answer 46

Climate

Question 47

The boundary between two air masses; examples include cold fronts, warm fronts, stationary fronts.

Answer 47

Front