Soil
Rocks
Volcanoes/ Earthquakes
Severe Weather
Water Cycle
100
The top layer of soil.
What is A Horizon/ Topsoil?
100
A type of rock that is made from an excessive amount of heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock?
100
Where most earthquakes and volcanoes happen.
What are fault lines?
100
Type of severe weather that is a violently rotating column of air that is in contact with the Earth's surface.
What is a tornado?
100
The process by which liquid water turns into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
200
Decayed organic material with a dark color.
What is humus?
200
A type of rock that is made by the compaction and cementation of rock sediments.
What is sedimentary rock?
200
The scale that the power of earthquakes are measured on.
What is the Richter Scale?
200
A warning stating that severe weather is happening somewhere near.
What is a severe weather warning?
200
The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?
What is condensation?
300
Organic, decay-able objects on the soil surface that can be turned into humus. (i.e.- leaves, dead animals)
What is litter?
300
A type of rock that is made by the cooling of magma or lava.
What is igneous rock?
300
The point on the Earth's surface where earthquakes start.
What is an epicenter?
300
A warning that claims that the weather is right for severe weather to occur.
What is a severe weather watch?
300
Water of any form falling from clouds.
What is precipitation?
400
When materials from Horizon A transfers to Horizon B by water.
What is leaching?
400
An igneous rock made by the cooling of lava on top of the Earth's surface?
What is an extrusive igneous rock?
400
Type of volcano that has broad sides and liquid, flowing lava
What is a shield volcano?
400
A low pressure system that forms over water, usually over the tropics.
What is a hurricane?
400
The main source of energy for the water cycle.
What is the Sun?
500
Layer of soil that is made of bedrock.
What is Horizon R?
500
The most common type of extrusive igneous rock.
What is basalt?
500
Type of volcano that is also called a Stratovolcano and has runny lava.
What is a composite volcano?
500
A tornado that forms over water.
What is a waterspout?
500
The draining away of water from precipitation.
What is runoff?
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