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What is mountain?
A tall landform that rises to a peak
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What is an earthquake?
Sudden shaking of Earth's crust
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What is a volcano?
A mountain that builds up around an opening in Earth's crust
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What is a flood?
An overflow of water onto land that is normally dry
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What is a tornado?
Columns of spinning wind
200
What is weathering?
The slow process that breaks rocks down into smaller pieces.
200
What is a hurricane?
A very large, swirling storm.
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What is an avalanche?
Tons of ice and snow rushing down a mountain
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What are minerals? Do minerals make up rocks? True or false.
Natural, nonliving substances that makes up rock. True
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Two questions: 1) Do natural disasters change the landscape of the earth? (True or false) 2. How many types rocks are there?
1. True 2. There are 3 types of rocks
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What is a Rock Cycle?
When rocks change from one form to another
300
What is a fossil?
Evidence of an organism that lived long ago
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What is a nonrenewable resource?
Useful material that cannot be replaced easily
300
1. Is seawater freshwater? True or false? 2. Can you drink water straight from the ocean? Explain why
False. No, you cannot. Because of the salt.
300
What is erosion?
The transport of weathered rocks
400
List 3 ways people pollute the enviornment?
(Answers may vary)
400
What are igneous rocks?
Rocks that form from melted rock. Known as the "fire" rock
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What are sedimentary rocks?
Rocks that form from sediments that are pressed and cemented together. Known as the "wind" and "water" rock
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What is a renewable resource?
Useful material that is replaced quickly in nature
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What is groundwater?
Water stored in the cracks and spaces of rocks under the ground
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What are the 3 R's to help the environment?
Reduce Reuse Recycle
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What are fossil fuels? Name all 3 examples listed on the study guide
Energy source that formed millions of years ago. Examples: Coal, oil, and natural gas.
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What are wells?
Deep holes dug below the ground
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What are metamorphic rocks?
Rocks that are formed from other rocks by extreme heat and pressure. Can form from all 3 types of rocks.
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What is a drought? What are some of its harmful effects?
A drought is when it does not rain for a long period of time and as a result, the crops all die, small areas of water dry up.
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