SOIL
SMALL BITS OF WEATHERED ROCK AND OTHER MATERIAL ARE CALLED _____________
SEDIMENT
THE PROCESS OF BREAKING DOWN ROCKS INTO SMALLER PIECES IS CALLED _____________
WEATHERING
EROSION
A SUDDEN DOWNHILL MOVEMENT OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE
AVALANCHE
Stratus, cirrus, cumulus and nimbus are types of what?
CLOUDS
THE LAYER IN WHICH MOST PLANTS GROW IS CALLED _____________________
TOPSOIL
_____________ OCCURS WHEN WATER OR WIND GRADUALLY WEARS AWAY ROCK BY FRICTION
ABRASION
VOLCANOS AND EARTHQUAKES CAN PUSH LAND ______________
UPWARD
A HUGE SHEET OF ICE THAT STAYS FROZEN ALL YEAR
GLACIER
Breeze and gale are common terms used to describe the speed of what?
WIND
THE LAYER THAAT IS MADE OF SOLID, UNWEATHERED ROCK UNDER LAYERS OF SOIL IS CALLED _______________
BEDROCK
THE PROCESS OF WATER IN AND AROUND ROCKS AND SOIL FREEZING AND EXPANDING, BREAKING UP THE ROCKS IS CALLED ____________
FROST WEATHERING
EROSION CAN HAPPEN QUICKLY AND __________
SLOWLY
GLACIERS CAN PICK UP WHAT TWO THINGS?
SEDIMENT AND ROCKS
What is the name of a weather instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure?
BAROMETER
TOPSOIL
THE 3 SIZES OF WEATHERED ROCK FOUND IN SOIL ARE ___________________
SAND
SILT
CLAY
TWO KINDS OF SUDDEN EROSION CAUSED BY GRAVITY ARE ______________
LANDSLIDES
AVALANCHES
GLACIERS CAN FORM PONDS AND LAKES IN _________________
U SHAPED VALLEYS
Trying to predict the weather is known as weather _______?
FORECASTING
SOIL IS MADE UP OF WHAT FOUR THINGS?
WEATHERED ROCK
WATER
AIR
HUMUS
THE THREE THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE ROCKS TO WEATHER ARE ____________________
WATER
PLANTS
THE DROPPING OF SEDIMENT IN A NEW PLACE IS CALLED _______________
DEPOSITION
A HILL FORMED BY A GLACIER IS CALLED A ______________
MORAINE
What is the driest desert on Earth, the Sahara, the Kalahari or the Atacama?
THE ATACAMA DESERT IN CHILE (SOUTH AMERICA)