Science Focus 8 - Unit 5 Definitions

Water such as sea water with a high salt content.

Water from sources such as lakes, rivers, ponds, and wells that contain a low amount of dissolved salts.

The process in which nearly all water on Earth moves continuously between the oceans, land, and atmosphere.

<p>The amount of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The characteristics of a water resource that make it suitable or unsuitable for various uses.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large moving mass of compressed snow and ice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A large dome-shaped glacier that flows outwards from its center and covers a large area, especially of land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An area that feeds two or more glaciers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A glacier that forms between mountain ranges.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A glacier or ice sheet covering all or most of a continent.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A frozen waterfall made when a glacier flows over a steep cliff.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A deep fissure, or crack in ice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A floating sheet of ice rarely more than 5 m thick that breaks easily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large chunks of floating ice that break loose or calve from continental glaciers as the glaciers flow down slope in the ocean.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>When large chunks of ice break off the edge of a glacier and become icebergs.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Scratches made in rocks by rocks carried in glaciers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Bowl-shaped basins eroded by valley glaciers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A mountain ridge carved by two or more glaciers from several directions.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A sharp mountain peak carved by glaciers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unsorted material deposited by a glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A landform made of glacier till.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Material deposited by the melt water of a glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A winding ridge made of sand and gravel formed by streams that flow beneath a glacier.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The run-off from melting snow.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A rounded hole in the ice formed by a stream as it melts its way downward through the ice.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any of the major periods when glaciers covered most of Earth.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fresh water system above ground, including streams, rivers, wetlands, and lakes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The water that has seeped down under Earth's surface to a depth of about 100m.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A measure of how clear something is, including water; determined by the amount of matter suspended in it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Areas such as swamps, marshes, and bogs occurring in low areas; important habitats for many species of plants and animals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Small, fast-flowing bodies of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large, fast-flowing bodies of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Area of land that drains into a body of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Rainwater that flows off a land surface.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>In North America, the continuous ridge of mountain summits dividing the continent into two main drainage areas.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The source of a watershed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The water that flows out of a watershed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The movement of sediments from one place to another.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The process in which eroded material is dropped or left.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The speed and amount of water discharged by a watershed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Allowing materials to pass through.</p> Signup and view all the answers