Quartz, feldspar, mica, pyrite, etc. are all ____________, which make up rocks
minerals
100
The _______ is what keeps the water cycle going on continuously.
The Sun
100
Most canyons are formed by which process?
What is water erosion?
100
The best filter for the Bay
oyster
200
Wind, water, & the sun are _____________ resources
renewable
200
Rocks & minerals share this property:
- both are solids
- both are liquids
- both are magnetic
- both are pure
both are solids
200
Morning dew and frost represent this stage of the water cycle
condensation.
200
The Grand Canyon was formed by this process
What is water erosion
200
Farmers use ______________ to kill off insects, but these are bad for our Bay during water runoff.
pesticides.
300
Reducing _____________ in air & water is a positive consequence of recycling.
pollution
300
The first thing you'd look at to find out what mineral you found is.
color
300
When warm vapor meets a cool surface, this process begins
What is condensation
300
Building up areas of earth's surface is which process? Sand dunes are an example
Deposition
300
Water from our sink and our school parking lot runs into the ________________.
Chesapeake Bay.
400
Which building material is renewable?
copper wire
steel beams
wood boards
plastic siding
wood boards
400
A ____________ ranks a 10 on Moh's hardness scale of minerals, and is used on commercial drills for drilling into steel.
diamond
400
After precipitation, water either _____ off of pavement, or gets ________ underground.
What is runs off, or gets stored.
400
U & V shaped valleys are carved out by these giant sheets of moving ice
glaciers
400
If your home does not run its water to a county treatment site, you most like have a ________________ underneath your home to store waste.
Septic tank.
500
Coal is actually formed from this
What is ferns, or plants.
500
The other name for Fool's Gold
What is pyrite
500
Around Earth's equator, you would expect more _____________ of this/these stage(s).
What is evaporation &/or precipitation.
500
When rocks, pavement, and other sediment get broken up by ice freezing & thawing constantly, season after season, this process takes place
What is weathering, or "ice wedging"
500
If algae were to grow excessively on a lake, how would this affect other populations in the lake?
it would block out the Sun; therefore killing other plant life at the bottom, and then harming the sea life that feeds off of that plant life, including small fish.