Natural Resources
A type of resource that will not replenish in our lifetime, such as oil, coal, and natural gas
What is a nonrenewable resource?
One of the following does not belong.
Erosion, Sediment, Deposition, Weathering
What is sediment?
TRUE or FALSE: The moon creates its own light.
What is FALSE?
When the northern hemisphere is pointing away from the sun and experiencing winter, the southern hemisphere is pointing towards the sun and experiencing ______.
What is summer?
The season that animals hibernate
What is winter?
Name two examples of renewable resources.
What are wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, or geothermal energy? (Any 2 of these work)
What forms when a river meets the ocean and drops off sediment?
Bonus 100: What is the name of this process?
What is a delta?
Bonus: What is deposition?
There are __ phases in the lunar cycle.
What is 8?
The season with the least average daylight hours and temperatures
What is winter?
This allows groundwater to flow through aquifers.
What is the space between rocks called pores?
(An answer similar to this works)
The term we use to describe waste that is released into the environment as a result of burning fossil fuels
What is pollution?
A moving mass of ice that can carve out a U-shaped valley
Bonus 100: What is the name of this process?
What is a glacier?
Bonus 100: What is erosion?
The amount of time it takes to go from one full moon to the next full moon.
What is one lunar month, about one month, four weeks, or 29.5 days? (Any 1 of these work)
What is an axis?
Wind erosion and deposition results in these two landforms.
What are sand dunes and rock arches? (BOTH parts needed for 300 points)
The three Rs of conservation are _____, ______, and _______.
What is reduce, reuse, and recycle?
Name two agents of change.
What are wind, water, waves, and ice? (Any 2 of these work)
Where the moon is positioned during a new moon
What is between the earth and the sun?
The two reasons why Earth experiences seasons are ____________________ and ________________________.
What is the tilt on its axis and its revolution around the sun?
(BOTH parts needed for 300 points)
The greatest disadvantage of using renewable energy is the ______.
What is cost?
Name an advantage of using fossil fuels.
What is reliable, cheap, abundant, or accessible? (Any 1 of these work).
Name two agents of change that would result in a sea arch.
What are wind and water?
The moon phase one would predict to see about two weeks after a full moon
What is a new moon?
The months you expect to have the greatest average daylight hours and temperatures are ______, _______, and _______.
What are June, July, and August?
There are about ___ days between each moon phase.
Two possible numerical answers.
What is 3 or 4?