SCIENCE OUTLINE! Glaciers and Groundwater

1. Describe the advance and retreat of glaciers along the snowline.

            Zone of accumulation- advance during the winter

            Zone of wastage- retreats during the summer

2. Describe valley glaciers, piedmont glaciers, continental glaciers and ice caps.

            Valley glaciers- long, narrow rivers between two mountain peaks

            Piedmont glaciers- two glaciers merged together

            Continental glaciers- swaths of l...

1. Describe the make-up of earth's hydrosphere. What percentage of earth's surface is water? What percentage of all water is saltwater?
earth's surface - between 70 and 75% water
all water - 97% salty, 2% glaciers, 1% freshwater

2. What percentage of ocean water is salt? Where is ocean salinity the greatest? What is the most common "sea salt"? What are other common elements in sea salts?
3.5% of ocean water is salt
Ocean salinity is greatest in the tropics, lowest on the poles
The most common sea s...

Science Study Guide - Test Thursday

1. List 3 examples of how Heb. 1:11 describes the heavens and earth degenerating.

-Stars exhaust their fuel and die

-comets break up into fragments

-the earth's magnetic field is wearing down

2. Describe how soil forms.

weathered rock

3. List and describe the forms of chemical and mechanical weathering.

 chemical - disintegrates rocks by changing their composition

              - acids, pollutants, rainfall (all rainfall is acidic because of the CO...

Science outline - Test Wednesday

1. Describe the difference between a mountain's elevation and a mountain's actual height.
    • elevation - height above sea level
    • actual height - distance from base to peak

2. Describe what a relief map is used for.
    • shows changes in altitude

3. Give examples of mountain ranges and a mountain system.
    • mountain range - group of nearby mountains
                                   - Blue Ridge
    • mountain system - group of mountai...