Waves
this is what travels through water in regular patterns of motion to create waves
What is energy?
rocks break apart, wear away, or dissolve into smaller particles
What is weathering?
formed in windy places where sand is plentiful
What are sand dunes?
the force that pulls objects toward Earth's center
What is gravity?
this is how a cell phone knows exactly where you are
What is GPS (Global Positioning System)?
the highest point of the wave
What is a crest?
the smaller particles left behind when rocks break apart
What is sediment?
a huge area of slow-moving ice
What is a glacier?
two organisms that change the shape of the land
What are plants and animals?
living things
What are organisms?
the lowest point of a wave
What is a trough?
sediment gets moved from one place to another
What is erosion?
landforms formed as a result of erosion by the movement of water in rivers
What are canyons?
rapid movement of rock, soil, and other material down a hill or mountain
What is a landslide?
a cell phone sends information in this form
What is digitized?
the distance between the highest point and the middle point
What is amplitude?
when sediment is dropped in a new place
What is deposition?
In Yosemite Valley, this created U-shaped valleys, hanging valleys, and steep cliffs
What is ice?
trace of plant or animal that lived million of years ago
What is a fossil?
A wave with a _____ amplitude transfers the most energy.
What is high?
the distance from crest to crest or trough to trough
What is wavelength?
this has caused a sidewalk in front of a house to start lifting and changes its shape
What are tree roots?
a boulder as big as a car was likely deposited by this
What is a glacier?
Satellites in space _____ radio signals to a receiver on Earth
What is transmit?
code that can be transmitted using dots and dashes or with light using faster or slower flashes
What is Morse code?