Rocks
Weathering
Atmosphere
Water, Wind, Clouds
Weather and miscellaneous
100
Igneous rocks form from this
What is magma?
100
This type of weathering breaks rocks into smaller pieces
What is physical?
100
The layer of the atmosphere closest to Earth
What is the troposphere?
100
Give an example of precipitation
What is rain, snow, sleet, hail?
100
The average weather in a region over many years
What is climate?
200
These type of rocks are formed from heat and pressure
What are metamorphic?
200
This type of weathering causes a rock's composition to change
What is chemical?
200
The layer of the atmosphere furthest from the Earth
What is the thermosphere?
200
Wind is formed when air moves from areas of ________ pressure to areas of _______ pressure
What is high to low?
200
The place where a cold air mass ad a warm air mass meet
What is a front?
300
These type of rocks form from cementation
What is sedimentary?
300
The type of weathering that roots of plants growing in rocks cause the rocks to crack
What is physical?
300
This protects the Earth from ultraviolet radiation
What is the ozone layer?
300
Name 1 thing clouds are named after
What is shape or altitude?
300
The rise and fall of a land surface
What is topography?
400
This principle says that the older rocks are on the bottom layer and the younger rocks are at the top
What is the principle of superposition?
400
The removal and transportation of sediment
What is erosion?
400
The coldest layer of the atmosphere?
What is the mesosphere?
400
When water changes from water vapor to tiny droplets of water and forms clouds
What is condensation?
400
When water evaporates from the leaves of trees or other plants
What is transpiration?
500
Try this type of dating to determine the absolute age of rocks
What is radioactive?
500
Name 2 causes of erosion?
What is glaciers, wind, water?
500
The warming of the Earth due to excess carbon dioxide
What is global warming?
500
This effect of the Earth's rotation on the direction of the wind is called this
What is the Coriolis effect?
500
This measures relative humidity
What is a psychrometer?
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