Ecology
True or False: All living things make their own food to get the energy they need to live.
What is false?
Causes of flooding
What is heavy rain, a hurricane, and a tsunami?
3 examples of catastrophic events
What is earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, flooding, tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, and mass movements?
Agents of erosion
What is gravity, wind, and running water?
Weathering that breaks down rock into sediments with the same mineral composition
What is Mechanical Weathering?
An abiotic factor that is a source of energy for food chains
What is the Sun?
Causes of tsunami
What is an underwater earthquake or volcano?
Destructive forces that accompany a hurricane
What is wind, flooding, and storm surge?
Weathering and erosion in an area with less plants would
What is increase?
Weathering that alters the rocks chemical composition
What is Chemical Weathering?
A process where plants capture light energy from the sun and uses it to convert carbon dioxide and water into food
What is Photosynthesis?
The cause of an Earthquake
What is a sudden movement at a fault line?
What is Flooding?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
Examples of mechanical weathering
What is ice wedging, growth of plants, and abrasion?
The organism in the food chain contains the most energy: Plants--> Mice-->Snake-->Hawk
Where tornadoes occur in the US
What is the Central Plains?
Three catastrophic events that are mass movements due to gravity
What is a mudslide, landslide, and avalanche?
What is erosion?
This happens to most rocks that undergo chemical weathering
What is color change?
What is Energy Transfer?
Cause of a hurricane
What is warm air mixing with cool air to create rotating thunderstorms due to the Coriolis effect?
What is the Saffir Simpson Scale?
Sediments reaching a temporary resting place
What is deposition?
In ice wedging, the rock is breaking due to
What is mechanical weathering?