UNIT #5, Salt & Freshwater Systems
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Topic #1
The following concepts are important from the topic, Make sure that you have them in your notes!
1. What is salt water and what is fresh water, what percentages of the earths water are each and how can they be used or not used
2. How do living organisms depend on water? what percentage of our body is water? what about fruits and veggies?
3. What is the water cycle! You will need to know each of the parts, how they work and how they work together
4. How much water flows through the water cycle each year
5. How does water help humans maintain their body temperature
6. You will need to know how fresh water is distributed in our world, how much is usable and how much is not, and why!
7. What countries on earth have the most usable fresh water and what impact does that have on our world
8. What is water quality and water quantity, how do they impact us and the world
2. How do living organisms depend on water? what percentage of our body is water? what about fruits and veggies?
3. What is the water cycle! You will need to know each of the parts, how they work and how they work together
4. How much water flows through the water cycle each year
5. How does water help humans maintain their body temperature
6. You will need to know how fresh water is distributed in our world, how much is usable and how much is not, and why!
7. What countries on earth have the most usable fresh water and what impact does that have on our world
8. What is water quality and water quantity, how do they impact us and the world
Topic #2
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9. What are glaciers, ice caps and ice fields how do they work together
10. How do glaciers form?
11. What are the different types of glaciers and what can you tell me about them
12. What are the features of a glacier
13. How does a glacier move, advance and retreat?
14. what are pack ice and icebergs and how do they work?
15. How do glaciers shape and or erode the land? What evidence is left behind?
16. How do valley glaciers shape mountain ranges
17. What is left behind from a glacier? (deposition) and how does it affect the environment and ecosystem?
18. How are glaciers important to the water systems and watersheds in our province?
19. What was the ice age, what caused it and what effect did it have?
20. How is climate change occurring and impacting our world today?
10. How do glaciers form?
11. What are the different types of glaciers and what can you tell me about them
12. What are the features of a glacier
13. How does a glacier move, advance and retreat?
14. what are pack ice and icebergs and how do they work?
15. How do glaciers shape and or erode the land? What evidence is left behind?
16. How do valley glaciers shape mountain ranges
17. What is left behind from a glacier? (deposition) and how does it affect the environment and ecosystem?
18. How are glaciers important to the water systems and watersheds in our province?
19. What was the ice age, what caused it and what effect did it have?
20. How is climate change occurring and impacting our world today?
Topic #3
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21. What are the important parts of our water systems in our province and world: Surface Water, Ground Water, Lakes, Ponds, Creeks, Streams, Rivers and Wetlands.
22. What is clarity in bodies of water and how does it differ from one type of body of water to another?
23. What is a watershed and what are the watersheds that come through Alberta, where do they start and end and what areas do they feed?
24. How can impacts in one area of a watershed impact other areas of the watershed? What are some examples of this in Alberta? (Oil Sands)
25. How do water systems erode the ground over time?
26. What is deposition and how can it affect a water system?
27. What is a streamflow and how do you measure it?
28. How can you monitor a body of water, stream, river or creek?
29. How can you reduce erosion from a stream, river or creek?
30. How can you manage a watershed?
31. What is the water table and how does it impact our world and watershed?
32. How do we drill for water for farms and towns? How does the water table impact this?
22. What is clarity in bodies of water and how does it differ from one type of body of water to another?
23. What is a watershed and what are the watersheds that come through Alberta, where do they start and end and what areas do they feed?
24. How can impacts in one area of a watershed impact other areas of the watershed? What are some examples of this in Alberta? (Oil Sands)
25. How do water systems erode the ground over time?
26. What is deposition and how can it affect a water system?
27. What is a streamflow and how do you measure it?
28. How can you monitor a body of water, stream, river or creek?
29. How can you reduce erosion from a stream, river or creek?
30. How can you manage a watershed?
31. What is the water table and how does it impact our world and watershed?
32. How do we drill for water for farms and towns? How does the water table impact this?
Topic #4
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33. You will need to include what oceans are and the major oceans in the world
34. You will need to include how much of salt water is salt, what is the salinity of ocean water
35. What is the source of the salinity of salt water in the ocean
36. What are the portions of the ocean floor, how do they fit together
37. How are ocean ridges and trenches created
38. What is the abyssal plane and how does sediment settle in it
39. What is the continental shelf and continental slope and how do they work together
40. What are the different types of ocean waves and how are they created?
41. How do waves shape shorelines
42. How are beaches formed
43. How do tides work, what creates then and affects them
44. Where do you see higher tides and lower tides and why?
34. You will need to include how much of salt water is salt, what is the salinity of ocean water
35. What is the source of the salinity of salt water in the ocean
36. What are the portions of the ocean floor, how do they fit together
37. How are ocean ridges and trenches created
38. What is the abyssal plane and how does sediment settle in it
39. What is the continental shelf and continental slope and how do they work together
40. What are the different types of ocean waves and how are they created?
41. How do waves shape shorelines
42. How are beaches formed
43. How do tides work, what creates then and affects them
44. Where do you see higher tides and lower tides and why?
Topic #5
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46. What is a lake and what is a pong and what are the differences between them
47. What is a river and what is a stream and what are the differences between them
48. How are living organisms distributed throughout oceans
49. How are different organisms adapted for living in different aquatic environments
50. How are plants adapted to live in different aquatic environments
51. What is seaweed and phytoplankton, how are they adapted to succeed in aquatic environments
52. How do nutrient and temperature levels in water enable or damage aquatic life and what is nutrient pollution.
53. What is an algal bloom and what are the effects on a food chain.
54. How do food chains remain balanced in aquatic environments and how can fishing impact them
55. How can pollution, toxins and biomagnification affect life in aquatic environments.
56. How can organisms survive deep in ocean ecosystems where light cannot penetrate.
47. What is a river and what is a stream and what are the differences between them
48. How are living organisms distributed throughout oceans
49. How are different organisms adapted for living in different aquatic environments
50. How are plants adapted to live in different aquatic environments
51. What is seaweed and phytoplankton, how are they adapted to succeed in aquatic environments
52. How do nutrient and temperature levels in water enable or damage aquatic life and what is nutrient pollution.
53. What is an algal bloom and what are the effects on a food chain.
54. How do food chains remain balanced in aquatic environments and how can fishing impact them
55. How can pollution, toxins and biomagnification affect life in aquatic environments.
56. How can organisms survive deep in ocean ecosystems where light cannot penetrate.
Topic #6
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57. What determines water quality
58. What is the difference between soft and hard water
59. How can human activity affect watersheds and water quality
60. What is acid rain, how is it created
61. How do you measure water quality
62. What are bioindicator species and how can they be used in maintaining watersheds
63. What is water management and how is water used in Canada
64. How is water purified and treated for human use and consumption
65. What is sewage, septic tanks and what is the definition of effluent
58. What is the difference between soft and hard water
59. How can human activity affect watersheds and water quality
60. What is acid rain, how is it created
61. How do you measure water quality
62. What are bioindicator species and how can they be used in maintaining watersheds
63. What is water management and how is water used in Canada
64. How is water purified and treated for human use and consumption
65. What is sewage, septic tanks and what is the definition of effluent