Earth's Rotation
Ho long does it take for earth to complete a rotation?
24 hours
When water heats up by the sun and changes to a water vapor
Evaporation
what is weathering?
The breaking down of rocks into smaller sediments
These landforms are created where rivers deposit sediment as they empty into oceans or lakes.
deltas
What are the 3 fossil fuels?
Coal, oil/Petroleum and Natural Gas
Our shadow is shorts when?
Noon, 12 pm
when water vapor cools down and changes back into water
Condensation
what is erosion?
Sediments being taking by wind, water or ice
A deep valley with steep sides, often carved by a river.
Canyon
Fossil fuels formed from the remains of these once-living organisms.
Dead plants and animals
Our shadows are longest when?
Sunrise and sunset
Comes down from he sky in a form of rain, sleet, hail or snow
Precipatation
WHat are the 3 agents of change?
WInd, water and Ice
This slow-moving frozen form of water can carve U valleys and shape mountains.
Glaciers/Ice
How is coal formed?
In swamps, only dead plants, heat and pressure.
The sun rises in the ____, and sets in the ____
East, West
WHat stores majority of our water for the water cycle?
Oceans
WHat is the process of a sedimentary rock to be formed?
1. Weathering
2. erosion
3. Deposition
4. Compaction
5. Cementation
Wind drops sand in one place over time, creating these tall, shifting hills in deserts or on beaches.
Sand dunes
How is natural gas and Oil/Petroleum formed?
In ocean/marines, with dead plants AND animals, heat and pressure
what 3 thing do we get from Earth rotating on its axis?
Shadow lengths, the suns position in the sky and day and night cycles
This star provides the energy that drives the water cycle by heating up oceans, lakes, and rivers.
The sun
What is cementation and compaction?
Cementation is the glueing together of sediments.
Compaction is the pressure from built up layers over time
Allows some light to pass through object. Fuzzy
What is translucent
What does sedimentary rock and fossil fuels both need to be formed?
pressure and millions of years