Important Terms 1
What is the imaginary line around the earth between the North and South Poles?
equator
What is taking wise care of what God has given?
stewardship
What are the 3 layers of soil?
topsoil, subsoil, and bedrock
What is a natural formation of rock or soil on the earth's surface?
landform
What is a place in the earth where magma can erupt as lava?
volcano
What is an instrument that uses a magnetized needle to point north?
compass
What is the outer layer of the earth that has bedrock on the top layer?
crust
What word means "able to produce many healthy plants"?
fertile
What is the beginning of a river called?
source
What is a shaking of the earth's crust?
earthquake
What is hot, liquid rock?
magma
What is where a river ends?
mouth
What is a substance or material in the earth that has never been alive?
mineral
What is the forming of soil from rock breaking down and crumbling into little pieces?
weathering
What is a melted rock that flows from a volcano?
lava
What is the middle layer of the earth that has magma?
mantle
What is the inner part of the earth that is very, very hot?
core
What is the decayed material in soil?
humus
What is precipitation on land that eventually trickles into streams?
water runoff
What is a break between two of the earth's plates where earthquakes can happen?
fault
What is matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid?
sediment
What is it called when a farmer plants different crops from year to year?
rotation
What is the loss of topsoil by water and wind?
erosion
What is fertile soil gathered at a river's mouth that makes a new landform?
delta
What is a large mass of rock or soil from a mountain or cliff?
landslide