Semester 1

Vocabulary Know Your Boundaries Unit One Hydrogeology Miscellaneous

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100 Statement

The term for the amount of time a molecule of pollution spends in a body (of water)

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100 Answer

Residence time

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200 Statement

These are the driving force behind plate tectonics; also defined as the fluid currents

that move heat energy

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200 Answer

Convection currents

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300 Statement

The solid part of the Earth’s surface layering consisting of the crust and solid upper

mantle

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300 Answer

lithosphere

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400 Statement

What is the term for the area around a well that has been drawn down and therefore

has no more water?

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400 Answer

Cone of Depression

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500 Statement

The process in which one lithospheric plate sinks under another when the 2 plates

collide

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subduction

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100 Statement

Wegener’s Hypothesis that the continents started out joined as Pangaea, but have

since moved

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Continental Drift

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200 Statement

According to the diagram what feature

should be found atthe bottom of the

Red Sea?

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200 Answer

Seafloor spreading center(or a submerged continental rift valley)

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300 Statement

This type of convergent boundary has created the Himalayas (be specific!)

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Continental-continental convergent boundary

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400 Statement

When oceanic and continental crust collide, why does the oceanic crust sink below the

continental crust?

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Oceanic crust is more DENSE

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500 Statement

Name 3 features present when oceanic crust converges with oceanic crust.

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Subduction of one plate under the other,Trench,

Volcanic island arc

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100 Statement

This is the energy source that drives the water cycle

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100 Answer

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The Sun

200 Statement

A student does an experiment in which they grow bean plants using different liquids,

such as water, juice, and pop. They measure the plant growth over a period of

a month. What is the independent and dependent variable?

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200 Answer

Independent- liquid usedDependent – plant growth

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300 Statement

Convert 7.25 inches to cm. 1inch=2.54 cm

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18.4 cm

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400 Statement

Which sphere?A hummingbird is part of the ___________

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400 Answer

biosphere

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500 Statement

Which sphere?

Raindrops are part of the

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500 Answer

hydrosphere

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100 Statement

What is the term for the body of water shown

here? Defined as a water supply that contains enough water

and recharges fast enough to be used by peopleAnswer

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Aquifer

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200 StatementIdentify the 2 layers questioned here:

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Top: Zone of aerationBottom: Zone of saturation

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300 Statement

Which type of aquifer is most susceptible to pollution from above?

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Unconfined

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400 Statement

What feature is identified here?Answer

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400 Answer

Watershed divide

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500 Statement

Put the following in order from least to most amount of water present:

rivers/lakes, atmosphere, ice, oceans

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500 Answer

Rivers/lakes, atmosphere, ice, ocean

Bonus: What percentage of water is found in the oceans?

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100 Statement

What is porosity?

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100 Answer

Percentage of open space within a sample

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200 Statement

Calculate the density of the following substance:

Mass = 10 gVolume = 5 mL

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200 Answer

2 g/mL

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300 Statement

Describe the water displacement method of finding volume for an irregular shaped

object:

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300 Answer1. Put a measured amount of water in a

graduated cylinder2. Put object in cylinder

3. Read new volume of water4. Subtract initial volume from final volume

Bonus: What is the problem with the Ogallala Aquifer?

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400 Statement

A small, steep sided volcano, with a short life span and explosive eruptions is most

likely a _______________.

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400 Answer

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Cinder cone

500 statement

A volcano which is larger, has steep sides, a longer life span, and is made up of layers

of lava and tephra is most likely a ______________.

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500 Answer

Stratovolcano

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