Lesson 3 and 4

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Groundwater

Question 2

an underground layer of rock or soil that has connected pores, or holes, that water can pass through

Answer 2

Aquifer

Question 3

The boundary between where freshwater ecosystems meets a saltwater ecosystem

Answer 3

Estuary

Question 4

The process of carrying away soil or pieces of rock

Answer 4

Erosion

Question 5

The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

Answer 5

Deposition

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Desalination

Question 7

The changing of a gas into a liquid as heat is removed

Answer 7

Condensation

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Precipitation

Question 9

The average weather pattern of a region over time

Answer 9

Climate

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Front

Question 11

3% of earths water is freshwater which is mostly

Answer 11

Frozen

Question 12

_____provides freshwater for homes, farms
and businesses

Answer 12

Running water

Question 13

___ is an artificial lake that stores water

Answer 13

Reservoir

Question 14

70% of the earths surface is _____ water

Answer 14

Salty

Question 15

Name the two most abundant minerals in the ocean water

Answer 15

Sodium and Chloride

Question 16

___ is the largest percentage of dissolved materials in the ocean water

Answer 16

Sodium, chloride or salt

Question 17

_____ is a measure of how salty water

Answer 17

Salinity

Question 18

Fast running water ecosystems have more ____ than slower running water

Answer 18

Oxygen

Question 19

_____ is an ecosystem that is wet during some or all year

Answer 19

Wetlands

Question 20

Wetlands include

Answer 20

Marshes Bogs Swamps

Question 21

Estuaries change with the

Answer 21

Tide

Question 22

Name 4 ocean ecosystem

Answer 22

Intertidal Netric Oceanic Abyssal

Question 23

Precipitation is often ______ near large bodies of water

Answer 23

Higher

Question 24

Is the constant movement of ocean water

Answer 24

Current

Question 25

Is a powerful cause of erosion

Answer 25

Gravity

Question 26

Fast moving rivers can wash away soil and rocks depositing into a lake or ocean. The built up sediment can form a landform called

Answer 26

Delta

Question 27

where land and a body of water meet

Answer 27

Shoreline

Question 28

Any area of shoreline made of materials deposited by waves

Answer 28

Beach

Question 29

The _____ is the energy source for water cycle

Answer 29

Sun

Question 30

Step 1 of the water cycle ____ or changes from a liquid to a gas in the form of

Answer 30

Water evaporates vapor

Question 31

Is when water evaporates from the leaves of the plants

Question 32

Step 2 of water cycle water vapor cools in the process

Answer 32

Condensation

Question 33

___ form which is condensed water vapor in the atmosphere

Answer 33

Clouds

Question 34

Step 3 of water cycle______ occurs as water falls from the clouds

Answer 34

Precipitation

Question 35

______- precipitation that flows across the lands surface or falls into rivers and streams

Answer 35

Runoff

Question 36

Is a region that contributes to a river or river system

Answer 36

Watershed

Question 37

Is the force of air pushing on an area

Answer 37

Air pressure

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Humidity

Question 39

Is the height above Earths surface and is measured from a sea level

Answer 39

Altitude

Question 40

Is a slow process that breaks down rocks into smaller pieces

Answer 40

Weathering

Question 41

Air masses form over the northern polar region

Answer 41

Cold dry

Question 42

Air masses form over the northern polar waters

Answer 42

Cold moist

Question 43

Air dry masses form over tropical land

Answer 43

Warm dry

Question 44

Air masses form over tropical waters

Answer 44

Warm moist

Question 45

Front brings steady light rain

Answer 45

Warm

Question 46

Fronts bring stormy weather

Answer 46

Cold

Question 47

Fronts cause rainy weather to last for days

Answer 47

Stationary