What are some of the main places water can be found?
Homes, pipes, ice, lakes, rivers, living things, oceans, seas, air, ponds, dens, and the sky
About how much of the Earth does water take up?
70 % of the Earth's water
Where are some of the main places salt water can be found?
Oceans, tears/ sweat, lakes, seas( only some), brakish water, and underground
About how much percent of Earth's water is salty?
97.2 % of Earth's water
Where can fresh water mainly be found?
Rivers, lakes, underground, cacti, banana plants, and a household
About what percent of Earth's water fresh?
2.8 % of Earth's water
Where can frozen fresh water mainly be found?
Iceburgs
About how much percent of Earth's water is Frozen fresh water?
2.3 % of Earth's water
About how much percent of Earth's water is underground?
0.4 % of Earth's water
About how much percent of Earth's water is surface water?
~ 0.05 % of Earth's water
About how much water is in Earth's soil and air?
~ 0.01 % (changed by water cycle)
What is Oceanography?
The study of oceans, the life in them, and how they affect land and weather.
What are the three different ways ocean water moves?
Waves, tides, and currents
What causes ocean waves?
The wind blowing over the ocean surface.
What do waves travel through
Water, although they do not carry it with them
Where does the majority of the Ocean's salt water come from?
Land
Different bodies of water have different amounts of?
Salt or salinity
What is osmosis?
The movement of water from high concentration to low concentration
What is the freezing point f the sea water?
28. 4 degrees farenheit
What is the surface layer?
The most easily influenced with solar energy (sun's heat), wind, and rain
What is the thermocline?
Where the water temperature drops as the depth increases
What is the deep zone?
Water tempreture in this zone decreases slowly as the depth increases. Water in the deepest part of the ocean averages about 36 degrees farenheit
How deep is the Euphotic zone?
Fifty meters
How deep is the Dsyphotic zone?
Fifty meters to one thousand meters
How deep is the Aphotic zone?
One thousand meters to the bottom of the ocean
What creates the density in the ocean?
Temperature, salinity and pressure
What is the highest temperature in the ocean?
100 degrees farenheit
What is the pressure at sea level?
14.7 pounds per hour
What is atmosphere pressure measured in?
A barometer
In the deep zone...?
Water remains cold and dense
What is the basis of the ocean food chain?
Sunlight
What i a bay?
A dent in the coastline