Water cycle
How many stages are there in the water cycle?
3
What changes can our Earth experience?
Slow changes and rapid changes.
What is a natural disaster?
Harmful changes on the Earth.
What are landforms?
Landforms are solid features found on the Earth`s surface.
What is weathering?
Weathering is any process that breaks rock into pieces.
What are the three stages in the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation.
Name 3 rapid changes on the Earth surface.
A volcano eruption
A landslide
An earthquake
Name the natural disaster caracterised by a large ammount of water covering the area which is usually dry.
Flood.
What landforms do you know?
Volcano, hill, mountain, canyon, plain, island, desert, waterfall, river, ocean....
How can plants cause weathering?
Their roots can break rock.
How much of the Earth`s surface is covered with water?
three forths
Where does volcano begin?
In the layer below crust called mantle.
Name the natural disaster characterised by no rain for a long time.
Draught.
What is a glasier?
A large moving body of ice.
What is erosion?
It is the movement of weathered material.
What different forms does water have on the Earth?
Liquid (in rivers, seas, oceans, lakes, etc.), hard (glaciers, icebergs), gas (fog)
How is melted rock called?
Magma.
Name the most dangerous natural disasters.
Hurricane, flood, tsunami.
What is a plateau?
It is a plain that is higher than the land around.
What can cause erosion?
Water, wind.
Describe 3 ways you could use less water.
1) Turn off the water when you are not using it.
2) Take shorter showers.
3) Don`t use a washing machine or a dishwasher on a daily basis.
What is called lava?
Melted rock (magma) that flows onto the Earth`s surface.
What is avalanche?
A large amount of ice, snow, and rock falling quickly down the side of a mountain.
What is a valley?
It`s a low narrow area between hills or mountains.
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