Fresh Water Systems Topic 3, 4

Canada has 5 major drainage basin, which of the following is NOT one of them?

What is run off?

In your notes, we learned about 2 types of tides, which on is NOT a type of tide in your notes?

Oceans take up how much percent of the earths surface?

The layers of permeable rock below ground which fill up with water is known as what?

Any addition of undesirable substances to groundwater caused by human activity is known as..

True or False, Clay is a impermeable rock

The flat land between the high mountain ranges and deep trenches is called what?

The salt in oceans comes from water flowing over earths surface. Another source of salt is?

How are oceanic ridges formed?

North America's watershed's are divided by what?

The continental shelf slopes down to meet the ocean basin, what is this called?

As tectonic plates move apart what happens to the ocean?

What affects the "in" and "out" of a tide?

Contamination of ground water can come from 2 sources, point sources and....?

Under water there is an area called the Continental Shelf, where is it?

Neap tides occur when the sun and moon are what?

The loss of soil or movement of soils is referred to as what?

What is the effect of runoff on erosion

Which type of tide has extreme high tides and extreme low tids?

The system of water that flows through the permeable (porous rock) is called a .....

Vast plains, Trenches, and Ocean Ridges are underwater landforms known as what?

What determines how fast a watershed is, or how big it is?

Which of the following is NOT considered surface water

A "trench" is formed where the edge of an ocean plate meets what?

What is a watershed also known as?

Upstream areas of a watershed are known as what?

The closer you livde to the ocean the _________ the range in temperature is

What undersea land form is known to run along the center of the ocean, like an mountain range?

True or False, a pond is deeper than a lake

Which type of tide occur when the Sun, Moon, and Earth are in line?

The measure of the amount of salts dissolved in a liquid is known as

All the underwater landforms are shaped by movement of the Earth's what?

The "thermocline" is known as what?