Soil
What are the Horizon Layers in order from top to bottom?
O, A, B, C, R
What is the difference between from ground water and surface water
ground water=in the ground
surface water=water on the surface
What is the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources?
renewable=can be replaced
nonrenewable=cannot be replaced
What is the difference between tornadoes and hurricanes?
Tornadoes=are on land and pop up
Hurricanes=from the oceans and can be predicted
What are the names of the four eras?
Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic
Organic Matter/Humus
What is evaporation and condensation?
evaporation=liquid to gas
condensation=gas to liquid
What is a positive and negative example of human impact on the environment?
What is an earthquake and Tsunami?
What plate boundary does earthquake go with?
earthquake=plates slide past and change the landscape. Transform Boundary
Tsunami=earthquake in the ocean that leads to a massive wave
Where can you find convection currents in the Earth?
Mantle
What does superposition say about age of rock layers?
Youngest on top and oldest on bottom
What is the difference between porosity and permeability?
Porosity=ability to hold water
Permeability=ability for water to flow through
Give me the 5 types of renewable and 4 types of nonrenewable resources.
renewable=solar,wind,water,geothermal,biomass
nonrenewable=coal,oil,natural gas, and nuclear
What is a flood, drought, and wildfire?
Flood=a large amount of water really quickly
Drought=no water for a period of time
Wildfire=a forest is on fire
How do each of the plate boundaries move?
Convergent=together
Divergent=away
Transform=slide past
What is the difference between physical and chemical weathering?
Physical=rock breaking into smaller pieces but made of the same things.
Chemical=rocks changing into something new
What are some examples of recharging and discharging the water table?
recharging=anything that adds to the water table
discharging=anything that removes from the water table
An engineer wants to build a dam that produces hydroelectricity. Does the word positive or negative go in the blank.
A _____________ impact of a dam is that it generates electricity without the pollution associated with burning fossil fuels.
positive. No pollution is a good thing
What is the difference between constructive and destructive forces?
Which force is erosion, deposition, volcano, weathering, and water
constructive=building
destructive=breaking
erosion=both; water=both; deposition=constructive; volcano=constructive; weathering=destructive
Difference between relative and absolute age dating.
relative=youngest on top and oldest on bottom
absolute=exact age
Put the soil particles in order from largest to smallest?
What is an aquifer, watershed, and infiltration?
If precipitation is greater than evaporation is that beneficial or harmful to groundwater?
aquifer=body of rock that can store ground water
Watershed=area of land that is drained by a river system
Infiltration=water going into the ground
-Beneficial
Which one of the following is a source of renewable energy?
Electric wires Solar panels Sunlight
Sunlight
What are the natural disaster that affect Mississippi?
Flood,Wild fires, and tornadoes
How does each of the 5 rock type forms?
How do each of the plate boundaries move?
igneous=heating and cooling
magma=melting
metamorphic=heat and pressure
sedimentary=compaction and cementation
sediments=weathering and erosion
convergent=together
divergent=away
transform=slide past