LAND AND WATER
EROSION & DEPOSITION
USING EARTH'S MATERIALS-RENEWABLE & NONRENEWABLE
SOIL PROPERTIES
LAYERS OF THE EARTH
100
What is a huge mass of slowing moving ice?
GLACIER
100
What is the process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces?
WEATHERING
100
What are renewable resources?
Renewable resources include: water, sunlight and wind.
100
What is soil?
loose mixture of weathered rocks and other materials that covers part of Earth's surface?
100
What are the layers of the earth?
inner core, outer core, mantle & crust
200
WHAT ARE GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF EARTH'S SURFACE?
LANDFORMS
200
What is abrasion?
The process of small rocks scraping away a surface.
200
What non-renewable resources?
Resources are those resources that cannot be replaced in your lifetime and takes millions of years to renew.
200
What are the characteristics of weather rock?
soil that comes from weathered rock usually consist of particles of three sizes: sand, silt, and clay.
200
What are the two layers of earth's mantle?
Lithosphere and asthenosphere
300
What is kind of mountain from which melted rock and gases erupt?
volcano
300
What is the process that picks up and moves weathered rock?
erosion
300
What are fossil fuels?
Oil, natural gas, and coal are some examples.
300
What are the parts of soil?
Weathered, Rock, Humus, & Water Air
300
What are the two layers of the earth's crust?
continental crust and oceanic crust
400
What is an area of flat land, but with steep sides?
PLATEAU
400
What are piles of sand that form when wind carrying sand grains deposit them along a coast or in a desert?
sand dunes
400
What is are living resources?
Plants and animals are examples of these.
400
What are the layers of soil?
Topsoil Subsoil Weathered Rock Bedrock
400
What part of the earth's layer do we live on?
the crust
500
What is the area where you live?
PLAIN
500
What is deposition?
Dropping or depositing eroded sediment.
500
What are non-living resources?
Quartz, talc, diamonds, and rubies just to name a few.
500
What is bedrock?
Rock that has not been weathered.
500
What is the oceanic crust?
The crust under earth's oceans.
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