Unit E Flashcards
(33 cards)
How much of the World’s fresh water is found in Canada?
9%
How many watersheds in Alberta?
7
Artificial lake?
Reservoir
Which basin are Calgary and Edmonton a part of?
Calgary: south saskatchewan, Edmonton: North Saskatchewan
What percentage of earths water is fresh?
3%
What percentage of Earths water is ice?
77%
What percentage of earths water is ground water?
22%
What percentage if water is potable?
0.003%
Hard water?
Water with high concentration of dissolved minerals such as magnesium and calcium
Movements on the surface of the water?
Waves
What is the regular amount of low tides and high tides per day?
2 low tides and 2 high tides
What causes tides?
Gravitational force of moon
Where does a river flow into if it is west of the continent divide?
Pacific Ocean
Where does a river flow into if it is east of the continent divide?
Arctic or Atlantic ocean
What are sea mounts?
Underwater volcanoes
What are trenches?
2 plates diverge and a thinner oceanic plate goes below the thicker continental plate
Mid ocean ridges?
When molten rock creates new crust
What is formed from gravel and rocks from glacier deposits?
Moraines
1st and 2nd most diverse ecosystems in the world?
Tropical rainforests and coral reefs
2/3 of all the major types of organisms in the world live all or part of their lives in ________ water.
Salt
Where do plants stop growing?
Upper zone
Where can you find frogs?
Upper zone
Where can you find phytoplankton?
Middle zone
What is like the shore in the ocean?
Intertidal zone
