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Hydrology
EOG Prep
36
Science
8th Grade
04/23/2012

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Adhesion is:
Definition
When water molecules stick to other molecules.
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Cohesion is:
Definition
When water molecules stick to itself
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An example of Capillary Action is:
Definition
Water moving onto a paper towel
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Polarity is:
Definition
The uneven distribution of charges
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An example of Adhesion is:
Definition
Rain sticking to your window
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An example of Cohesion is:
Definition
Rain drops sticking to other rain drops on your window
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Buoyancy is:
Definition
The upward force of water on an object.
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Specific Heat is:
Definition
The amount of joules it takes to raise 1 gram of something by 1 Degrees Celsius
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Why is water easily polluted?
Definition
Because of Polarity
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What percent of all water is in the Ocean?
Definition
96.5%
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What percent of all water is fresh water?
Definition
3.5%
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What percent of freshwater is Ice?
Definition
1.762%
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What percent of fresh water is Groundwater?
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1.7%
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An Aquifer is: 
Definition
A rock layer underground that allows water to be stored and flowed through.
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What are the steps of the Water Cycle?
Definition
Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation, Transpiration.
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A River Basin is:
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A large area that drains into a large river
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A Water Shed is:
Definition
A small area that drains into a small river or stream
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A River is:
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A big channel that has water continually flowing along it down a slope.
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Streams are
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A smaller version of a river
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A Lake is:
Definition
A body of water of considerable size surrouned by land
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Name the three wet lands
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Bogs, Swamp, Marsh
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A Wet Land is:
Definition
A place where water is near or above the land surfaces throughout most of the year.
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Turbidity is:
Definition
How clear the water is
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An Estuary is:
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A shoreline area where a river mixes with the ocean. (Fresh water mixes with Salt water)
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Salinity is:
Definition
The amount of salt in water
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What 2 factors change the water temperature?
Definition
Lattitude and Depth
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Thermocline is:
Definition
Layer of ocean water where there is a sudden change in temperatures because of the depth.
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The pH of water is or near:
Definition
7
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Upwelling is:
Definition
Movement of nutrients at the bottom of water to the top
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Upwelling happens because of:
Definition
Wind and Earth's Rotation.
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Eutrophication is:
Definition
Too much nutrients in the water
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Algal bloom occur when:
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There is too much nutrients in the water
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Point Source pollutions are:
Definition
The pollution source you can directly blame
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Non Point Sollutions are:
Definition
The pollution sources that you don't know where it originated.
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What are the three categories of organisms in the ocean?
Definition
Benthos, Nekton, Plankton
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What are the three oceanic zones?
Definition
Intertidal, Neritic, Oceanic
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