Landforms
Rapid Changes
Sedimentary Rock Cycle
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resources
Water Cycle
Vocabulary
100
This substance creates a U shaped valley.
What is glacier (ice)
100
This type of fossil would be found in the salt water.
What is a shark tooth.
100
Is water a renewable or non-renewable resource?
What is renewable.
100
Galveston is right by the ocean, so does that mean it gets more precipitation there?
What is yes, because evaporation starts at the ocean and it is close to the ocean.
100
A person who studies rocks.
What is a geologist.
200
How are sedimentary rocks formed?
What is tiny pieces of rock (sediments) are broken off, then moved, then dropped in another place.
200
Heat and pressure over a long time does what to plant matter?
What is creates coal.
200
Why is water considered a renewable resource?
What is always being replaced.
200
The water cycle never stops, does that mean that the water is always being replaced?
What is yes, it is always going through the cycle of evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
200
T or F - weather is over a long period of time, such as decades?
What is false, climate is over a long period of time.
300
The type of soil that lets water run through it easily and feels rough and scratchy is.
What is sand.
300
Name the 3 types of non-renewable resources.
What is oil, coal, natural gas.
300
Should a hydroelectric plant be built by a river?
What is yes, it needs water to make electricity.
300
The physical change that takes place when evaporation occurs.
What is changing from a liquid to a gas.
300
Something that is at an angle so water would flow down.
What is sloping.
400
How many types of valleys are created from erosion?
What is 2
400
Where is natural gas located?
What is in the ocean above oil.
400
What are renewable resources?
What is resources that can be replaced within a short period of time (trees).
400
The water cycle starts with what energy source?
What is the sun.
400
This is created from water moving over it causing a build up of sand.
What is delta.
500
How many years does it take to create a canyon?
What is it takes erosion millions of years to create a valley.
500
How can humans reduce the amount of fossil fuels we use everyday.
What is reduce, reuse, recycle.
500
Name the 5 alternative resources.
What is hydropower, solar, wind, biomass/biofuel, geothermal.
500
Name the 4 steps in the water cycle (in order).
What is evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff.
500
This type of soil does NOT allow water to flow through it.
What is clay.
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