Rocks
A naturally occurring solid mixture of minerals or grains
What is a rock?
Rock or mineral fragments that are loose and suspended in water
What is sediment?
The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes
What is deforestation?
Pollution form a single source that can be identified?
What is point-source pollution?
Mixture of particulate pollution found in cities.
What is smog?
Type of rock forms from intense heat and pressure
What is a metamorphic rock?
The process through which sediment turns into rock
What is lithification (aka pressure and cementation)?
The development of desert-like conditions due to human
What is desertification?
Pollution from a widespread area that cannot be traced back to a single location
What is nonpoint-source pollution?
Rain or snow that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater.
What is acid precipitation?
Molten rock inside the earth
What is magma?
The three processes necessary to form sedimentary rock.
What is weathering, erosion, and deposition?
The development of land for houses and other buildings near a city
What is urbanization?
This accounts for nearly half of all water use by humans on Earth
What is thermoelectric power?
The mix of both solid and liquid particles in the air.
What is particulate matter?
Molten rock on the Earth's surface
What is lava?
The series of processes that continually change one rock type into another
What is the rock cycle?
Planting trees to replace treas that have been cut or burned down.
What is reforestation?
A large concrete structure used to harness the power of running water to generate electricity.
What is a dam?
An increase in Earth's average surface temperature.
What is global warming?
A type of igneous rock that cools so quickly it is essentially "one big crystal"
What is obsidian?
The two terms for when rocks cool above and below the Earth's surface
What are extrusive and intrusive?
The process of restoring land disturbed by mining
What is reclamation?
Regulates sources of water pollution, including sewage systems.
What is the Clean Water Act?
The natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and re-radiate thermal energy from the Sun.
What is the greenhouse effect?