The difference between a river and a stream is the fact that a stream is flowing water that is smaller than a river. One thing in common is that the water in rivers and streams is fresh water and not salty water. Water can also be found in swamps and marshes where plants such as cattails, rushes and shrubs grow. Ice caps, on the other hand, are very wide, thick sheets of ice that cover large areas of land. Another thing we should know about water is that the types of organisms living in oceans vary depending on depth. A gulf forms when a large body of water reaches into the land. There two factors that determine the organisms that can survive in different gulfs: Climate and the amount of salt.
Questions:
- Give an example of a saltwater lake.
- What are glaciers?
- What is an estuary?
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1-Salt Lake, Utah.
ReplyDelete3. An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of water connected to the open sea and having one or more rivers/streams flowing into it.
ReplyDelete2.Glaciers are large masses of snow, recrystallized ice and rock debris that accumulate in great quantities and begin to flow outwards and downwards under the pressure of their own weight. Glaciers form when yearly snowfall in a region far exceeds the amount of snow and ice that melts in a given summer. In this way, massive quantities of material accumulate in relatively small periods of geologic time.
ReplyDelete2. A glacier is a large persistent body of ice.
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