Weather-ing
Landforms
Heat Transfer
Weather vs Climate
The -spheres
100
The erosion or disintegration of rocks due to wind is an example of this type of weathering
What is physical weathering?
100
This is the biggest lake in Florida
What is Okeechobee?
100
Energy transmitted by the Sun to Earth's surface is this type of heat transfer?
What is radiation?
100
This is the cause of wind.
What is solar energy or energy from the sun or radiation?
100
This sphere includes the Earth's crust
What is geosphere or lithosphere?
200
When two rocks rub against each other over time and create pebbles/sand, this is called:
What is abrasion?
200
There are not tectonic plates in Florida, as a result, this landform does not exist in Florida.
What are mountains?
200
When heat moves through a material such as the sun heating the ground, this is known as this type of heat transfer.
What is conduction?
200
Visitors to Florida often complain about it's high humid climate. What does high humidity indicate?
What is rain?
200
This sphere includes water that has formed into a solid
What is cryosphere?
300
Plant roots growing in rocks, causing the rocks to crack is an example of which type of weathering?
What is physical?
300
A marsh is an area of low-lying land that floods with sea water at high tides. Florida has marshes due to being so close to this body of water.
What is the Atlantic ocean?
300
Touching a hot stove and burning your finger is an example of this type of heat transfer
What is conduction?
300
The condition of Earth's atmosphere at a certain place and for a shortened time period is called this:
What is weather?
300
This sphere includes the liquid portions of the earth.
What is the hydrosphere?
400
After a rainfall, water collects and then freezes into a crevice of a rock. Over a period of time, that rock cracks due to the expansion of the ice. This is an example of which type of weathering?
What us physical?
400
Coquina outcroppings are large limestone rocks that can be found on the beach. When acid rain comes into contact with limestone it will dissolve, causing this type of weathering to occur.
What is chemical weathering?
400
This picture is an example of which type of heat transfer?
What is convection?
400
This is the difference between weather and climate:
What is time, or weather is temporary and climate is prolonged?
400
This sphere helps maintain the right temperature range for life on Earth:
What is the atmosphere?
500
Rust, statues changing color, and tombstones writing fading over time are all examples of this type of weathering due to water and chemicals (ACID RAIN)?
What is chemical weathering?
500
When Lake Okeechobee overflows into marshes and swamps, this wetland is saturated.
What are the Everglades?
500
A storm forms when hot air rises and mixes with cold air. This is an example of which type of heat transfer?
What is convection?
500
A plane catches a ride on a subtropical jetstream and arrives at its location 30 minutes earlier due to this
What is the fast moving current of air or wind.
500
This is how the atmosphere protects from the sun:
It blocks harmful UV radiation from penetrating your skin that can cause cancer.