Earth Landforms
The process of rocks and minerals breaking down into smaller pieces due to natural forces like wind, water, and ice.
What is weathering?
Water is made up of particles that are too ____ to be ____.
What is too small to be seen?
Precipitation occurs when _________ in clouds get so _________ that they fall to Earth.
What is precipitation occurs when water droplets in clouds get so big and heavy that they fall to Earth.
The process where something is pressed together, such as when soil or rock sediment is squeezed by weight
What is compaction?
The 3 fossils fuels are...
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
When natural forces like wind, water, ice, and gravity wear away and move pieces of soil and rock from one place to another, changing the shape of the land.
What is erosion?
Is air matter? What is it made up of?
What is yes, air is matter and it is made up of very very small particles.
Cloud formation (How do clouds form?) HINT: Use "condense," "water vapor," and "dust."
What is clouds form as water vapor condenses on small pieces of dust in the air.
The process in which dissolved minerals, acting like glue, crystallize and bind sediment particles together, transforming loose sediment into a solid rock
What is cementation?
Each type of fossil fuel is what kind of matter? (Oil is a..., Coal is a..., Natural gas is...)
What is liquid (oil), solid (coal), and air (natural gas)?
Wind blows sand and can deposit the sand to form these.
What are sand dunes?
Rivers deposit sediments where they meet other bodies of water. These sediments can build up to form ____.
What are deltas?
_____ from the Sun causes liquid water to evaporate to water vapor.
What is energy from the sun?
Sedimentary rocks form from the __________ and ___________ of deposited sediments.
What is compaction and cementation?
How long for fossil fuels to form.
What is millions of years ago?
Valleys are formed by
What is moving water (rivers) moves and erodes sediment?
________ can affect where precipitation falls.
What are mountains affects where precipitation falls?
Water from the oceans rises into the air and then falls to Earth’s surface as ________.
What is precipitation?
Describe what happens to water particles during sedimentary rock formation.
What is water is squeezed out because of compaction?
This is how fossil fuels are formed.
What is fossil fuels form becuase plant and animal remains are under great heat and pressure over long periods of time.
Glaciers can form _____ and deposit sediments to create new landforms.
What are U-Shaped Valleys?
A dry area on the downwind side of a mountain range that receives significantly less precipitation.
What is a rain shadow?
Why might Area B get more rain than Area A?
What is wind carries clouds that form over oceans onto land.
This causes weathering and erosion.
What is gravity?
What is fossil fuels use heat and pressure; sedimentary rocks only use pressure.