Where is 97% of the water on the Earth?
Where is most of the freshwater on the Earth?
Where is most of the liquid freshwater on the Earth?
What is the ultimate base level for water on the Earth?
What is transpiration?
What is evapotranspiration?
What is the saturation level of air?
What happens if water-saturated air cools down in temperature?
What happens to the temperature of air as it rises?
Describe the orographic effect. Draw a cross-section of a mountain chain showing the differing climates.
On a global scale, at what latitude are desert environments found? Explain why.
Why are equatorial regions tropical environments?
What is a Mediterranean climate? How does it differ from the climate found in Northern US states?
What is infiltration? Which will generally have higher infiltration rates, soil with lots of organic matter and vegetation OR bare silty soil?