Earth, Moon and Sun
The spinning of the Earth on its axis
rotation
Preserved remains or traces of organism that lived in the past
fossils
process in the water cycle is represented by water falling from clouds to Earth as rain
precipitation
Magma or lave cools and forms this type of Rock
Igneous Rock
What is the primary source of energy that warms Earth's air temperature?
the sun
The Earth is rotating on its axis, creating _____
night and day
A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other
Convergent Boundary
Water turning from a vapor into rain droplets.
condensation
This rock type is made from other rocks.
Metamorphic Rock
Movement of air from areas of high pressure to low pressure.
wind
Because of the tilt of the Earth, as it revolves around the sun, this happens
Seasons
Two metals that make up the Inner and Outer Core.
Iron and Nickel
when air masses collide, it is called
the front
A series of processes on the surface and inside earth that slowely changes rocks from one kind to another
Rock Cycle
a giant pattern of moving water that spans whole oceans and moves water from place to place in a circle in a circle
gyre
A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?
Full Moon
Name of a single land mass that began to break apart 200 million years ago and gave rise to today's continents.
Pangaea
What direction does wind move
high pressure to low pressure
Igneous Rock formation in Wyoming which came from an indigenous name "Bear's Lodge". Surrounding rocks are sedimentary rocks that weathered away.
Devil's Tower
Winds that blow consistently in the same direction over a particular region
prevailing winds
In an eclipse, the darkest part of the shadow is called the
Umbra
A deep vally along the ocean floor beneath which oceanic crust slowly sinks toward the mantle
ocean trench
Global winds that blow toward the equator
trade winds
A dark dense ignrous rock with fine texture, found in the oceanic crust
basalt
Climate pattern in the tropical Pacific Ocean characterized by warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures
El Nino