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Do streams and lakes represent the intersection of the water table with the surface in valley bottoms

Streams and lakes do represent the intersection of the water table with the surface in valley bottoms. The water table is the layer under the earth that contains groundwater.

What is the temperature of the earths asthenosphere in degrees celsius

The asthenosphere lies just below the lithosphere and composes the upper part of the Earth's mantle. Its temperature is 1300 degrees Celsius.

What are the five parts of the earth

atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere

Which internal energy source produces heat by converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy

Which internal energy source produces heat by converting gravitational potential energy into thermal energy?

The rigid layer of earth that includes the entire crust and the uppermost part of the mantle is called the

lithosphere

What are thermal convection that drives plate motion caused by

an unequal distribution of heat

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What are the four types of spheres called

Biosphere, Atmosphere, Lithosphere, & Hydrosphere

Is well water a type of surface water

Well water is by definition from an underground aquifer, or water table.

What theory explains how rocks in the earth store energy and release it to cause earthquakes

The theory of plate tectonics

What two things are caused as the earth rotates on its axis

Magnetic Field rotation, Polar Ice caps, and seasons begin to come and reform the Earth.

What drives process of plate tectonics

c

Where are the water tables located

Water tables are the underground boundary between the water saturated rock and soil layer and the unsaturated or dry rock and soil layer. Where a water table intersects the surface a lake, pond, river, stream, spring, etc. forms on the surface at the same level as the water table. A well is made by digging a hole down to below the water table at that location and the bottom of that hole will fill with water to the same level as the water table.

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