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| What is Hydrologic Cycle? and what powers it |
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| Movement of water through the hydroshpere, solar energy |
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| List the water storage, from most to least |
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| oceans, ice sheets, ground water, lake |
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| What is the term for vapour to ice? |
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| What is the bottom layer of the ocean |
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| what is the boundary between the upper and lower ocean zones? |
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| under what conditions is the water table shallow? deep? |
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Humid climate -> water table is shallow
Dry climate + permeable rock layer -> water table is deep |
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| Leveling of the earth's surface. |
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| three types of degradation |
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weathering
erosion
transportation |
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| removal or movement of rock debris |
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| what is the 2 major source of break down of rocks? and what do they do |
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1. solar energy
powers chemical activities and hydrologic cycle
2.gravitational energy
bring down moisture/ rain |
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| What are the 4 types of physical weathering, and what is unique of each? |
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1.Fragmentation
smaller pieces
2.frost shattering
Jagged and pointy boulders
Thermal expansion
small jagged rocks
exfoliation
round slope |
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| Where is thermal expansion mostly going to happen? |
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| Tropical and mid latitude deserts |
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| which type of weathering makes a weaker material? |
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| what are the 3 types of chemical weathering?(SOH) and what are their roles? |
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1.solution -> chemical dissolve elements in rocks
2.oxidation -> rust, then expand, crack rocks.
3. Hydrolsis
water replace mineral, makes clay |
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| what are the 2 main influences to weathering? |
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| Soil temperature and joints in rocks |
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| Under what conditions is Chemical weathering significant? and Physical weather. |
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Chemical weathering -> warm and moist
physical-> cold and moderate precipitation |
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| What factors influence coastal landscapes? |
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| climate, \rock types and size of water body |
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| What factors influence coastal landscapes? |
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| climate, \rock types and size of water body |
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| water run off small to big |
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| rills, rivulets and steams |
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| Uniform ground of drainage basin forms what patterns |
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| 3 types of streams from most to least |
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| perennial, intermittent, ephemeral |
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| 3 types of streams from most to least |
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| perennial, intermittent, ephemeral |
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1. abrasion, water carries rock fragments
2. Attrition ,rocks collide break into smaller pieces
3. corrosion - dissolved minerals in water
4.Hydraulic pressure
like water fall |
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| Ability of streams to caary rock and soil |
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| 4 ways streams carry sediments |
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traction
saltation
suspension
solution |
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| What is the deposition of meander |
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HOw are braided streams formed?
where is it common in |
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ediment load exceed the capacity and competence, end up deposition.
common in arid and semi arid |
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| The channel that carries water across the delta |
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| What are karst landscapes made out of? where is it commonly found? what is its special features. |
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| made from thick hard fractured limestone, foudn in humid high relief area, many pits and hollows, few rivers |
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| what are grikes? where is it found |
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| deep cracks found in karst |
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| what are the cone shaped hollows called in karst landscape, and how is it formed? |
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| dolines formed by collapes of caves |
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| what are big dolines called, and what does it form that is even bigger? |
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| Calcite tubes in karst caves? (2) |
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| dry valleys sometimes have water |
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| what is on the desert pavement? |
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desert varnish
black and shiny rocks |
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| what is the term for sand sea |
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