The wearing down of a surface (this often happens to a river bank)
What is weathering
100
A non-renewable resource used to create electricity
A renewable resource of any kind
What is a fossil fuel (coal)
Water, wind, fish, timber, animals
100
The cause of 24 hour days
What is Earth's rotation
100
Environment well suited for a white fox
What is snowy or arctic environment
100
Which would be attracted by a magnet: a nail or an eraser
What is a nail
200
The movement of sediment from one place to another (this process creates sand dunes)
What is erosion
200
An alternative energy source that uses the Sun's power
What is solar power
200
The cause of 365 day years
What is Earth's revolution
200
Hair color (what type of trait)
What is inherited trait
200
What type of circuit would light up a light bulb?
What is a closed circuit
300
Made up of one or more minerals
What is a rock
300
A non-renewable resource found in Maryland
What is Limestone
300
Two reasons why we can live on Earth and not on other planets
What is atmosphere, liquid water, closeness to Sun, gravity
300
Ability to cook (type of trait)
What is acquired or learned trait
300
Name a material that is a conductor of heat and electricity
What is copper, metal, etc.
400
The three main parts of the water cycle. YOU MUST DEFINE THE WORDS
What is precipitation- condensed water falling back to Earth (snow sleet or hail)
condensation- water vapor cooling and becoming a liquid
evaporation- water heating up from the Sun and becoming water vapor
400
When it rains, farms often cause this negative effect on the environment
What is fertilizer run-off
400
The reason why constellations appear to move in the night sky
What is we are revolving and rotating. Movement of constellations in one day is because of rotation, movement over months is because of revolution
400
An inherited behavior
What is an instinct
400
Describe the image and reflection of light in a plane mirror
What is same size, and distance from the mirror. Images appear reversed, light reflects at the same angle it came
500
A landform that is formed at the mouth of a river through weathering, erosion, and deposition
What is a delta
500
Moving crops to different fields each season to protect the health of the environment
What is crop rotation
500
Effects of Earth becoming twice as far from the Sun
What is double length of year, colder, could not support life
500
Name 3 ways that animals adapt to their environment
What is camouflage, protective coloration, mimicry, hibernation, migration, shape of beak, fur, blubber
500
If I have 300 grams of the mineral quartz and I grind it into a very fine powder. What would be the mass of the quartz powder?