Earth Science - 1
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Earth Science - 5
100
The formation of a delta is an example of what process?
What is deposition?
100
What happens when water seeps into rocks and freezes?
What is weathering by expanding?
100
This fossil fuel is the vapor formed on oil deposits.
What is natural gas?
100
Mountains are worn down over time by these types of weathering and erosion.
What is wind, water, or glaciers (ice)?
100
Where would you find the oldest layer of rock in a sedimentary rock.
What is the bottom layer?
200
Cotton, wood, wool, and corn are all examples of what type of resources?
What is renewable resources?
200
This causes canyons to form.
What is river erosion?
200
If a sedimentary rock in a dry place has a fish fossil in its deep layers it means this was covering this area once.
What is water (ocean, sea)?
200
This is the process that moves weathered materials.
What is erosion?
200
What is the Earth's revolution around the sun one time?
What is a year?
300
This rock is made of layers that have hardened over time.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
This is a giant slow moving river of ice that can carve U-shaped valleys through mountains.
What is a glacier?
300
This is the original source of energy that can be changed into biofuels through photosynthesis.
What is solar energy?
300
This is the reason the Earth has different seasons.
What is the tilt of the Earth and its revolution around the sun?
300
What are preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past?
What is a fossil?
400
What is the source of energy that creates the wind?
What is solar energy?
400
This fossil fuel is created when dead plants are buried and compressed for millions of years.
What is coal?
400
The gravity from this object keeps the moon in orbit.
What is the Earth?
400
This is the reason that the moon appears to change shape.
What is the moon orbits around the Earth (lunar cycle)?
400
What are materials in the environment that are useful to people?
What are natural resources?
500
Stalagmites and stalactites are formed by minerals collecting over time. What process is this?
What is deposition?
500
This fossil fuel is formed from the remains of miscroscopic animals that are buried and compressed over millions of years.
What is oil or petroleum?
500
What are materials from the Earth that cannot be replaced within a reasonable amount of time?
What is nonrenewable resources?
500
What is a flammable liquid produced from organic matter buried under layers of sediments for millions of years?
What is oil (petroleum).
500
What type of rock is made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments?
What is a sedimentary rock.
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