water cycle
what is a water cycle?
it shows water movement above and below the surface of the earth.
what is a glacier?
A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving under its own weight.
how many planets are in the solar system?
eight
how many plates are there?
seven
what threat does the great lakes pose to home owners?
the rising water
why is the water cycle important?
it is important because all living organisms need water.
do glaciers move?
yes
what is the solar system?
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it.
what is the smallest plate?
juan de fuca plate.
what illness that originated from china is scaring the world?
the coronavirus
how do humans use the water cycle?
they use it many different ways, for example, farming.
how many glaciers are in Alaska alone?
what is in the solar system?
sun, planets, dwarf planets, comets, and asteroids.
what do plate tectonics do?
they glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle
methane
how does the water cycle work?
the water cycle describes how water evaporates from the surface of earth, rises into the atmosphere, and falls again.
how big is the worlds largest glacier?
60 miles wide, and around 270 miles long
how many moons are in the solar system?
194 moons.
name the seven plates
African plate, Antarctic plate, Eurasian plate, australian plate, north american plate, pacific plate, and south american plate.
what is the contagious neurological disease that affects deer, elk and moose?
chronic wasting disease
how old is the water cycle?
it is more than 3.5 billion years old.
how many glaciers are in the world?
198,000
how many comets are in the solar system?
3,583 comets.
how did plates form?
roughly 4 billion years ago, cooler parts of Earth's crust were pulled downwards into the warmer upper mantle, damaging and weakening the surrounding crust. The process happened again and again, the authors say, until the weak areas formed plate boundaries.
what prehistoric fish is speared in Wisconsin during the month of February?
sturgeon