Earth, Sun, and Moon
This causes the Earth's seasons.
the tilt of the Earth?
A resource that nature can replace within an average lifetime
renewable resource
What kind of rock forms from other rocks by heat and pressure?
Metamorphic
A large body of slowly moving ice.
glacier
This is how chemical and physical weathering are the same.
they both break down rocks into smaller pieces
The Earth takes this long to revolve around the sun.
about 365 days
Coal, oil, and natural gas are examples of this type of non-renewable resource
fossil fuels
Rocks are made mostly of these
Minerals
It takes this long for the Earth to complete one full rotation.
24 hours
These are the 3 processes that slowly change Earth’s surface.
weathering, erosion, and deposition
During this phase of the moon, we can't see any of the lit up side of the moon.
new moon
Protecting, saving, or avoiding the wasteful and destructive use of natural resources is called
conservation
Color, streak, cleavage, and hardness are examples of this...
Mineral properties
This property is useful to distinguish two minerals that have the same color
streak
Name 2 rapid processes that can affect landforms.
landslide, earthquake, volcano
The moon makes these two kinds of movements about once each year
revolution and rotation
Name 2 natural resources that will never run out
air, sun, water
What is the name of the type of rock that forms from melted rock that cools and hardens?
Igneous
This landform is formed by deposition at the mouth of a river (for example, as rivers flow into an ocean)
delta
Which of these is not a cause of erosion? heat, ice, water, or wind
Heat
As we see less and less of the lit part of the moon, we say that it is doing this.
waning
Glass is made from this nonrenewable resource
Sand or rock
This type of rock may contain a fossil or a shell.
Sedimentary
What describes the change of water from a liquid state to water vapor?
evaporation
When one tectonic plate slides beneath another this may form
volcano