Glaciers
Earthquakes
Soil
Hodge Podge
Vocabulary
100
a large mass of snow and ice that moves over the land
What is a glacier
100
The distance to the center of the earth is?
What is 6,400 KM or 4,000 miles!
100
Soil begins to form when ______________ breaks down.
What is bedrock
100
Why is soil important?
What is without it few things would live on earth.
100
An isolated boulder left behind by a glacier is an
What is erratic
200
Glaciers form when more of this falls in winter then will melt in the spring
What is snow
200
Scientists feel and listen to the earth by using an instrument called
What is a seismograph
200
A layer of soil differing from the layers above and below it is called
What is a horizon
200
What part of plants grow in the soil?
What is the roots?
200
The layer of rock lying below the crust is the
What is mantle
300
Periods of very cold temperatures and many glaciers are called.... (name of a movie)
What is an ice age
300
Movements or vibrations WITHIN the earth are called
What is an earthquake
300
When looking at a soil profile the deepest layer is ____________
What is bedrock
300
_____________soil are not packed together tightly, which leaves LARGE pores spaces
What is coarse?
300
A liquid layer of Earth lying below the mantle is
What is the outer core
400
Some types of glaciers carve out ____________, making them deeper and they have a U-shaped appearance
What is valley
400
What is the place on Earth's surface where rocks break an move called?
What is a fault
400
MOST of the plants that we plant have roots that go into this horizon_________
What is topsoil
400
Small particles of fine soil are packed together tightly, leaving ___________ (small or large) pore spaces?
What is small
400
A sphere of solid material at the Earth's center is the
What is inner core
500
Rock debris carried and deposited by a glacier is called_______
What is a moraine
500
As the faults move, energy is being released as a vibration, which is called
What is a sesmic wave
500
The soils with the highest permeability is_____________
What is sandy soil or sand
500
Soil is madeup of bedROCK, this substance makes up rocks.
What is minerals
500
Leftover plant and animal matter found in topsoil is called
What is humus
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