Module 3: Hydrology Vocabulary

What is an underground layer of rock or soil that holds water called?

• Continental shelf

• Aquifer

• Estuary

• Trench

What is the gently sloping, shallow area of the ocean floor that extends outward from the edge of a continent?

• Continental slope

• Mid ocean ridge

• Continental shelf

• Trough

What is the highest point of a wave called?

• Trough

• Crest

• Wavelength

• Wave height

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What is a coastal inlet or bay where fresh water mixes with salty ocean water?

• Estuary

• Aquifer

• Trench

• Surface current

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What is the process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gaseous state?

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Irrigation

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What is the number of waves that pass a specific point in a given amount of time?

• Wavelength

• Frequency

• Wave height

• Tides

What is water that fills the cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater

• Surface current

• Water vapor

• Precipitation

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What is the process of supplying water in areas of land to make them suitable for growing crops?

• Transpiration

• Irrigation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

What is the undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced?

• Trench

• Mid ocean ridge

• Continental slope

• Trough

What is a tide with the least difference between low and high tide that occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles to each other?

• Spring tide

• Neap tide

• Surface current

• Trough

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