The hydrological cycle - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

What is meant by a store and a flow? - A store is where water is held for varying amounts of 'residence' time. A flow is the movement of water between stores Identify the three largest stores in size order - 1. The oceans 2. Icecaps and glaciers 3. Groundwater Which two water stores are non-renewable, and why? - 1. Fossil water: old, deep groundwater from former wetter periods 2. Losses from the cryosphere: melting of ice as a result of global warming Distinguish between blue and green...

Global Hydrological Cycle -Answer Circulation of water around the earth How is the Global Hydrological Cycle a closed system? -Answer No external inputs or outputs. The amount of global water is finite and constant. Open system -Answer Receives inputs from and transfers outputs of energy and matter to other systems Sources that drive the Global Hydrological Cycle (2) -Answer Solar energy (in the form of heat) Gravitational Potential Energy (precipitation falls to the ...

ESS exam questions & answers 2024/2025 Outline two negative environmental impacts of aquaculture 2b - ANSWERSLoss/degradation of natural habitats; disease spread through farm Describe two strategies for the management of sustainable capture fisheries 2c - ANSWERSregulation of quotas/minimum size of fish caught. restriction to fishing seasons / to let stocks recover. Outline the factors that contribute to total biodiversity of an ecosystem 6a - ANSWERSbiodiversity includes the ...

MTTC 103 Study Test Questions with Correct Answers A chart of the hydrological Cycle / Water Cycle with letters and to name one of it ? - Answer-condensation Doctor worked in Africa , helped give birth to women & treated people but didn't wear gloves but then figured theory that he should so disease decreases 38 + 3 %? - Answer-Disease Prevention The 1st grade teacher is teaching a unit in Science with a good Strategy ? - Answer-Choose to take them on an imaginary walk through a lunar ec...

THE WATER CYCLE AND WATER INSECRITY EXAM WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS [GRADED A+] ACTUAL EXAM 100% What is meant by a store and a flow? - ANS---A store is where water is held for varying amounts of 'residence' time. A flow is the movement of water between stores Identify the three largest stores in size order - ANS---1. The oceans 2. Icecaps and glaciers 3. Groundwater Which two water stores are non-renewable, and why? - ANS---1. Fossil water: old, deep groundwater from former wet...

The water cycle and water insecurity revision notes for A Level Edexcel Geography what is a drainage basin - -a river's drainage basin is the area surrounding it where the rain falling on land flows into that river (river's catchment) -the boundary of the drainage basin is called the watershed -open (with inputs and outputs), the total amount of water changes over time -local hydrological systems what is a large drainage basin - -steep sides (ability to move precipitation into the ...

How have humans influenced the water cycle? - ️️Hydroelectric dams, tapping aquifers, deforestation Estuaries, losing evapotranspiration What are the 4 main human caused factors to the loss of biodiversity? - ️️Habitat Destruction, Invasive Species, Pollution, Overexploitation What is Biomagnification? - ️️Tendency of certain chemicals to accumulate or build up within food chains What is the other name for the global water cycle? - ️️Hydrological cycle Where does most of ...

What is the hydrological cycle? - Answer Closed system driven by solar energy and gravitational potential. The 4 main erosion processes? - Answer Hydrolic action, Air trapped in rocks forces cracks open. Abrasion, rocks wearing down cliff. Attrition, rocks wearing down other rocks. Corrosion, weathering. Types of Beach landform? - Answer Storm beach, high energy deposition. Berms, summer swell deposition. Offshore ridges/bars, formed by destructive wave erosion and deposition...

percentage of people who do not have enough water correct answer: 10% percentage of people who don't have safe water correct answer: 40% is a limited resource correct answer: freshwater linkage of marine and freshwater aquatic environments correct answer: hydrological cycle (water cycle) The continuous process by which water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back correct answer: water cycle An ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of wate...

T/F The hydrological cycle is the natural exchange of water between the ocean and the atmosphere - ANSWER True T/F 25% of the earths water is surface water, but only a small portion can be tapped by wells - ANSWER Flase T/F Groundwater hydrology is the science concerned with the occurrence, distribution, and movement of water above the earths surface - ANSWER False T/F Groundwater is the soil water that collects in porous water bearing geological formations called aquifers - ANSWER True...