Weather or Climate?
Weathering
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Miscellaneous
100
short-term; describes what is being experienced at a certain place and time.
What is weather?
100
Explain the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering.
Chemical - rocks are broken down by chemical reactions (acid rain, oxidation)
Mechanical - rocks are broken down by physical forces (ice, wind, water, living organisms)
100
These are mixtures of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, and other materials.
What are rocks?
100
Sedimentary rocks are formed though...
What is sedimentation or compacting and cementing?
100
The layers of the earth from the inside out are....
What is the inner core, the outer core, the mantle, and the crust?
200
long-term; explains what is expected to happen in a certain area
What is climate?
200
Give an example of mechanical weathering.
answers will vary!
200
When igneous rock undergoes weathering and erosion, it breaks apart; turning into...
What is sediment?
200
Cooling magma forms...
What is igneous rocks?
200
Boundary plates that collide are referred to as
What are convergent boundaries?
300
Brisbane is a city located near the Gold Coast of Australia. This area is known for its beautiful beaches. But the summers are rainy, with about six inches of rain falling on average each year during December, January, and February.
What is climate?
300
Give an example of chemical weathering.
answers will vary!
300
This is formed when rock is melted by hot temperatures deep inside the earth.
What is magma?
300
What forms metamorphic rock?
What is heat and pressure?
300
When oxygen reacts with rocks and metals, and begins to break them down.
What is oxidation?
400
Nassau, a city in the Bahamas, has many tourists each winter. On Tuesday, it was too humid for some tourists.
What is weather?
400
The grand canyon was formed by the force of gravity pulling water down across earth; breaking the rocks into smaller pieces and moving them to a difference location.
This is an example of what two processes?
What are erosion and deposition?
400
The earth squeezes and heats rocks to create this type of rock.
What is metamorphic?
400
Name the process that forms igneous rocks.
What is crystallization or cooling?
400
List the steps in the water cycle!
What are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run-off, groundwater, collection?
500
Choose the part of the passage that describes weather.
Chad is a country in northern Africa. Summers in Chad are hot. A large part of the country is covered by desert. A high temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded there last summer.
What is "a high temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded there last summer."
500
Name the process ice breaking in chunks from the edge of a glacier.
What is glacier calving?
500
What is the term for rocks that have layered structures (like ribbons).
What is foliation?
500
Classify the following as sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous? (quartzite)
What is metamorphic?
500
Most weather is located in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Troposphere?