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All the water on Earth makes up (is called)
What is hydrosphere
100

What is the driving force behind most erosion?

Gravity

100
_______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down
What is sediments
100
________ is a break in the rock that makes up Earth's crust
What is a fault
100

Give an example of physical weathering.

various answers

200

About __________ percent of Earth's surface is coverd in water.

What is 75%

200
The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface is called
What is weathering
200
is a flat piece of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river
What is delta
200
The 3 properties of a mineral are ____, _______, & ______
What is streak, luster, & hardness
200

Give an example of chemical weathering

acid rain, rusting

300
Earth's layers of earth are ______ (in order)
what is crust, mantle, outer core, & inner core
300
what breaks down rock by weathering?
What is wind, water, & gravity
300
________ a wide, flat area of land along a river where sediment is deposited by floodwaters
What is floodplain
300

Why is a diamond and a piece of graphite so different even though they are both made of Carbon?

internal arrangement of the atoms

300

The theory that explains volcanoes, earthquakes, seafloor spreading, and other concepts.

Theory of Plate Tectonics

400
The layer of atmosphere closest to Earth's surface is the _____________
What is the Troposphere
400
When weathered rock is picked up and moved is called
What is erosion
400

sediments from a stream deposit tend to be ________ and __________.

Sorted and rounded

400

A naturally occurring, inorganic material, with a crystalline structure, and definite chemical makeup is called a 

What is a mineral

400

1._______ is a material that formed from the remains of ancient organisms and is used today as a major sure of energy 2.Any source of energy other than fossil fuels is called_____

1.What is fossil fuels 2.Alternitave energy

500
________ & _________ (gases) make up most of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen & nitrogen
500
_______ is when the wind/water/glacier drops the material they are eroding
What is deposition
500

what is the name for the layer containing the Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle

What is the lithosphere

500
the 3 types of categories (based on how they form) are
What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic
500

____ is a resource that can be replaced at arate close to their rate of use. & _______ is a resource that can be used up faster than it is made

What is renewable & nonrenewable

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