Sedimentary Rocks & Fossil Fuels
This process happens when sediment settles at the bottom of water after being moved by wind or water.
What is deposition?
This landform forms where a river slows down and drops sediment at its mouth.
What is a delta?
This resource can be replaced naturally in a short amount of time.
What is a renewable resource?
This solution reduces waste by turning used materials into new products.
What is recycling?
Living parts of an ecosystem are called these.
What are biotic factors?
Put these processes in order: erosion, compaction, deposition, cementation.
What is erosion → deposition → compaction → cementation?
Which agent of erosion most directly forms sand dunes?
What is wind?
Name one renewable and one nonrenewable resource.
What are wind and coal?
Give one example of conservation.
What is turning off lights to save electricity?
Name one abiotic factor.
What is water, sunlight, or temperature?
Explain how sedimentary rocks and fossil fuels are similar in how they form.
What is that both form from layers of material over long periods of time under pressure?
Describe how a canyon forms over time.
What is water erosion wearing away rock over long periods?
Explain one advantage and one disadvantage of using fossil fuels.
What is they provide energy but cause pollution and cannot be replaced quickly?
Explain how proper disposal protects the environment.
What is it prevents pollution of soil and water?
Explain how plants depend on abiotic factors to survive.
What is plants need sunlight, water, and soil nutrients?
A student claims fossil fuels form quickly because they come from plants and animals. Use evidence to explain why this claim is incorrect.
What is that fossil fuels form over millions of years under heat and pressure?
Compare how ice and water change Earth’s surface differently.
What is glaciers scrape and carry rock, while water erodes by flowing and dissolving material?
Why is sunlight considered renewable but coal is not?
What is sunlight is continuously produced, while coal takes millions of years to form?
Compare recycling and conservation. How are they similar and different?
What is both reduce resource use, but recycling reuses materials while conservation reduces use?
Describe how a predator and prey interact in a healthy ecosystem.
What is predators control population size and prey provide energy?
Create a model using sand, books, and water to show how sedimentary rock forms. Explain what each material represents.
What is sand = sediment, books = pressure/compaction, water evaporation = cementation?
Predict what landform would form if a fast river suddenly slowed near an ocean and explain why
What is a delta because sediment is deposited when water loses energy?
A city wants cheap energy now but less pollution in the future. Which resource should it use and why?
What is renewable energy because it reduces pollution and won’t run out?
Design a solution to reduce plastic waste at school and explain its environmental impact.
What is using reusable water bottles to reduce landfill waste and pollution?
Predict what would happen if a drought removed a major abiotic factor from an ecosystem.
What is organisms would struggle to survive, causing population changes or migration?