Hydrosphere (Vocab Competition Set)

How much energy it will take to raise or lower the temperature of an object by 1 degree.

• Upwelling

• Eutrophication

• Specific Heat

• Hydrothermal Vent

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• Esturary

• River Basin

Area where fresh and salt water meet

• Density

• Aquifer

• Estuary

• Upwelling

Water is able to pass through something that is ___________.

• Brackish

• Salinity

• Permeable

• Solvent

All of the water on and under the Earth's surface. - Includes oceans, lakes. rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and all other bodies of water.

• Hydrosphere

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Water Quality

Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.

• Surface Water

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• River Basin

The __________ is the upper most layer of groundwater.

• Water Table

• Aquifer

• Hydrosphere

• River Basin

The amount of matter in a given object - Mass divided by Volume.

• Turbidity

• Salinity

• Density

• Polarity

Streams and smaller rivers that feed into a river.

• Tributaries

• Water Basin

• Surface Water

• Hydrosphere

The water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Aquifer

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Groundwater