Earth
Natural Resources
Weather and Climate
Patterns and Cycles
Solar System
100
Using water, wind, ice, or gravity, ___carries weathered materials away from a place.
What is erosion
100
Name an example of a renewable resource.
What is animals, plants, or freshwater.
100
This is the weight of air pressing on everything around it.
What is air pressure.
100
This is the movements of water between the air and Earth.
What is the water cycle.
100
This is the closest star to our planet. It gives us the heat and light needed to survive.
What is the sun.
200
This process then drops the materials in a new location.
What is deposition.
200
Resources that cannot be replaced quickly enough to meet people's needs are what.
What are nonrenewable resources.
200
This is a description of the outside air in a certain place at a certain time.
What is weather.
200
Heat energy from the sun causes ____, which is the change from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation.
200
When an object goes around another object in an orbit, that object _____ around it.
What is revolves.
300
Wind and water may break down mountain, canyons, hills, and rock formations but they can build what?
What is new landforms.
300
This energy is produced using the energy of water moving through a dam.
What is hydoelectric energy.
300
This is the general weather of an area over a long period of time.
What is climate.
300
As water vapor rises into the atmosphere, water goes through _______ which is the change from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation.
300
When the Earth turns on its axis, it is ______. This causes day and night on a planet.
What is rotating.
400
Melted rock from the earth's mantle is called?
What is magma.
400
Energy from the sun is collected using panels.
What is solar energy.
400
This is measured with a thermometer.
What is temperature.
400
Water that falls to the Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called _____.
What is precipation.
400
The moon shines at night but does not produce its own light. It shines by ______sunlight.
What is reflected.
500
The shaking caused by rock slabs moving against each other deep below the Earth's crust is called?
What is an earthquake.
500
This is the smart use and protection of natural resources.
What is conservation.
500
This is a very large rotating storm over the ocean with heavy rain and stron winds from 60 to over 200 miles per hour.
What is a hurricane.
500
These are made of tiny droplets of water when water vapor condenses.
What are clouds.
500
This phase of the moon cannot be seen on Earth because the side facing the Earth is dark.
What is a new moon.
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