Water Cycle
This is the percentage% of water that covers Earth's surface.
What is 70%?
This is the process of breaking down rock into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
This is the process of moving weathered rock from one place to another
What is erosion?
This is the name of any feature on Earth's surface that shaped by natural causes
What are landforms?
All water travels through this....
What is the water cycle?
This is water that is stored underground.
What is groundwater?
Broken down pieces of rock is called.....
What is sediment?
This is the process of eroded rock being dropped off in another place
What is deposition?
Name one fast change with rapid downhill movements due to gravity
What is an avalanche, mudslide, or landslide?
This is the water that flows across earth's surface
What is runoff?
This is the changing of water from a gas to a liquid.
What is condensation?
3 causes of weathering are.....
What are wind, water, and ice?
This is a landform built up by deposition at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
This is the flat, wide area alongside a river
What is a flood plain?
This is water as a gas
What is water vapor?
When water falls from clouds to Earth's surface
What is precipitation?
Weathering causes these in our roads....
What are potholes?
A huge mass of frozen water that moves slowly
What is a glacier?
A place where hot gases, ash, and melted rock come of the ground onto Earth's surface
What is a volcano?
This is the changing of water from a liquid to a gas
What is evaporation?
This is the process in which plants return water vapor to the atmosphere.
What is transpiration?
Weathering is either a fast process or a slow process that changes earth's surface
What is a slow process?
The Grand Canyon was form by these large sheets of ice
What are glaciers?
This happens when earth's tectonic plates collide or rub against eachother
What are earthquakes?
The "hero" of the water cycle.
What is the sun?