Land
Water
Soil
Land and Water
Water Cycle
100
The wearing away and moving of soil and rock .
What is erosion?
100
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and the passage of water over and through the land.
What is the Water Cycle
100
4 components that make up soil.
What are gravel, sand, clay and humus?
100
---------------- has an important role in shaping the land on earth
What is water or wind?
100
When water heats up and turns into a gas.
What is evaporation?
200
Landforms, such as canyons and deltas are the result from the action of
What is flowing water?
200
3 forms of precipitation
What is rain, sleet, snow, hail
200
This soil component is the heaviest and covers stream bottoms.
What is gravel?
200
concrete, soil, rocks, sticks
What are dams made out of?
200
As water vapor (gas) rises, the cold air causes the gas to turn back into a liquid.
What is condensation?
300
--------, -----------, -----------, ------------ may change the direction and flow of water.
What are hills, rocks, plants and dams?
300
Branches of streams
What is a tributary?
300
This part of soil is made from composted plants.
What is humus?
300
Humans can affect erosion and deposition in various ways including ___________, _____________, ____________
What is clearing the land, planting vegetation and building dams?
300

Rainfall that is not absorbed by soil and travels to the ocean

What is Runoff?

400
A drawing or photo of the land from up above (birds eye view)
What is an aerial drawing or photograph?
400
the faster water flows, the more ____________ happens.
What is erosion
400
The soil component made of tiniest particles.
What is clay?
400
What causes soil in water to settle (deposit)?
water slows down
400
Sleet, snow, rain
What is are types of precipitation?
500
The settling of eroded materials. Often happens at the mouth of a river.
What is deposition?
500
What causes water to flow faster?
What is slope of the land?
500
If you stir a cup full of all 4 soil components and you stop stirring, what order will they settle in the cup?
gravel, sand, clay, humus
500
How does the speed of the water affect the amount of land eroded?
The faster the water flows, the more soil is eroded.
500
Evaporation from plants and trees.
What is transpiration?
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