Earth Science
A change in a species that improves its chances of survival?
What is Adaptation?
Name a body of water that is freshwater
Lake, pond, river
_______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down
What is sediment or sedimentary rock
This is the step in the water cycle when liquid turns into a gas
What is evaporation
Change . 56 into a fraction and then to a percent
.56/100, 56%
Name the steps of the water cycle
precipitation, evaporation, condensation
The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface into smaller peices is called
What is weathering
A natural feature of the Earths Surface that form over time
Land forms
Name one way humans use water for recreation
Swimming, boating, fishing
This causes canyons to form such as the Grand Canyon.
River or water Erosion over time
make a stem and leaf plot for: 11 11,14,31,17,19,25,20,20,28,33,
1 1,1,4,7,9
2 0,0,5,8
3 1,3
what breaks down rock by weathering?
What is wind, water, & gravity, organisms
This cloud type means that a thunderstorm is coming
cumulonimbus
The movement of the Earth's Plates.
Plate Tectonics
Name two renewable resources of natural energy
Wind, water, sunlight
The process of moving soil and rock from one location to another.
erosion
rapid decrease in the number of species in a short period of time
Mass Extinction
This is a specific place that includes land and a body of water where all the run off water goes
Watershed
This is the amount of time Earth's revolution takes
365.4 days
reduce to the lowest terms 2/6
1/3
Rock formed from layers of sediment
Sedimentary Rock
_______ is when the wind/water/glacier drops the material they are eroding
What is deposition
This is when the moon blocks the sunlight
Solar eclipse
True or false: A rock can never be worn down by erosion.
False
simplify 8/12
2/3