Resource Management
What is groundwater?
Water that seeps into the soil and the cracks of rocks.
A wave that transfers energy in a straight line is called what, and give an example.
Longitudinal, sound waves
What is lava or magma?
Melted rock.
Why do we have seasons?
The revolution of the Earth around the sun and the tilt of EArth on its axis.
What elements make up the crust?
Oxygen, Silicon, and Aluminum.
What is malnutrition?
When someone doesn't have enough food to eat, or too much of the wrong foods.
A wave that transfers energy in an up and down motion, and an example
Transverse. Ocean waves
How does a sedimentary rock become metamorphic?
It undergoes intense heat and pressure inside the Earth.
When the moon is full or new, we have what tide?
Spring tides
What elements make up the mantle?
Iron and Magnesium
What is the biggest source of air pollution around the world?
Burning of fossil fuels
Which type of wave transfers in a perpendicular movement?
Transverse
How does an igneous rock become a sedimentary rock?
It must be weathered, eroded, compacted, and cemented.
First and Third Quarter moons will be a what tide?
Neap tide
What elements make up the inner and outer core?
Iron and Nickel.
What are common pollutants of our groundwater?
Fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides, leaching from landfills, and litter, especially microplastics.
What is the height of a wave called?
Amplitude
How does a metamorphic rock become an igneous rock?
It melts into lava/magma, and then cools into rock.
When the Northern Hemisphere is having summer, what is the Southern Hemisphere having?
Winter.
Name the four spheres and their components.
Hydrosphere is water
Biosphere is living things
geosphere is solid earth
Atmosphere is the air around our planet.
What three things can we use to manage resources wisely? Hint: a word that starts with C, Increased ________, and _______ of _____________
Conservation, Increased efficiency, and Use of Technology
What is the distance from top of a wave to the next top of a wave called?
Wavelength.
Describe what the rock cycle shows us.
The rock cycle shows us how rocks form and then change into other types of rocks.
How is the planet tilted when the Northern Hemisphere is having summer?
Toward the sun.
Name an interaction between all four systems.
May vary. Teacher will determine.
Volcanic eruption effects the geosphere, the biosphere, the atmosphere, and the hydrosphere.