ES Topic 1/ Lesson 3

Plants

Take in water through roots and give off water vapor by transpiration

NOT characteristics of the water cycle

Accessible supply of water to all living creatures on Earth and provision of newly-formed water to the atmosphere

The Great Divide

What does the green line represent?

Glaciers and underground

Where most of Earth's fresh water is tied up.

Increases

As you descend in the ocean, the water pressure...

Decreases

As you descend in the ocean, the temperature...

Seamount

Volcanic mountain that rises from the ocean floor but doesn't reach the surface

Trench

A long, deep valley on the ocean floor through which old ocean floor sinks back toward the mantle

Continental Slope

The steep edge of a continental shelf

Continental Shelf

A gently sloping, shallow area that extends outward from the edge of a continent

Abyssal Plain

Broad area covered with thick layers of mud and silt

Mid-ocean Ridges

Long chains of mountains on the ocean floor.