Earth's Spheres
Rock Cycle
Rock Cycle Cont.
Erosion and Deposition
Erosion and Deposition Cont.
100
The mostly solid rocky part of earth.
What is the Geosphere.
100
The process by which wind, water, ice and changes in temperature break down rock.
What is weathering.
100
Rock that forms when temperature or chemical process changes this rock.
What is Metamorphic Rock.
100
The process by which sediments are moved from place to place.
What is Erosion.
100
water underground.
What is groundwater.
200
All the invisible gases around us.
What is the atmosphere.
200
The process by which sediments are moved from one place to another.
What is erosion.
200
The series or process when one rock changes to another.
What is the rock cycle.
200
The process by which eroded material is dropped.
What is Deposition.
200
When land and a body of water meet.
What is a shoreline.
300
All the liquid water is here.
What is the hydrosphere.
300
The process by which sediment comes to rest.
What is deposition.
300
Rising of regions of the crust to higher elevations.
What is uplift.
300
Layers of sediment form these
What is a floodplain.
300
An area by a shoreline where waves deposit rocks and sand.
What is a beach.
400
All the frozen water is here.
What is the Cryosphere.
400
A rock that forms when lava cools.
What is Igneous rock.
400
Sinking of regions of the crust to lower elevations.
What is subsidence.
400
Where the stream deposits sediments
What is a delta.
400
Mounds of wind deposited sand.
What are dunes.
500
The movement of energy between the Earth's spheres
What is an energy budget.
500
A rock that is made from the pressing down of sediments and minerals.
What is Sedimentary Rock.
500
Where a set of deep cracks form.
What is a rift zone.
500
Sediments deposited on land.
What is an alluvial fan.
500
Wind deposited fine grains.
What is a loess.
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