Earth's Surface Systems
This is the process by which water, wind, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another. What is it called?
Erosion
This underground feature forms due to the dissolution of limestone by acidic groundwater. What is it?
Sink Hole
This stage of the water cycle involves water vapor cooling and changing into liquid droplets. What is it?
Condensation
This is the instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure. What is it?
Barometer
This term refers to any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds and reaches the ground. What is it?
Precipitation
This type of weathering involves the chemical breakdown of minerals in rock, changing them into different minerals or dissolving them. What is it called?
Chemical Weathering
This type of landform is created by wave action eroding the base of rock cliffs and forming a cave. What is it called?
Sea Cave
These air masses originate over the poles and are characterized by cold temperatures. What are they called?
Polar air masses
This term refers to the average weather conditions in an area over a long period of time. What is it?
Climate
This type of storm is characterized by lightning and thunder and is often accompanied by heavy rains and wind. What is it called?
Thunderstorms
This process describes the laying down or settling of eroded material. What is it called?
Deposition
This natural process, often seen in rivers, involves water wearing down rocks into smooth shapes. What is it?
Abrasion
This term describes the boundary at which a cold air mass displaces a warm air mass. What is this boundary called? (Hint: It is a type of front)
Cold Front
This type of diagram is used by meteorologists to represent the locations of high and low pressure systems and fronts. What is it called?
Weather Map
This term describes a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. What is it?
Heatwave
This type of weathering happens when physical forces break rock into smaller pieces without changing the rock's mineral composition. What is it called?
Mechanical Weathering
This phenomenon is caused by glaciers grinding against rock under their massive weight. Is it an example of mechanical or chemical weathering?
Mechanical Weathering
This ocean current, found off the eastern coast of the USA, warms the air above it and affects the climate of nearby coastal areas. What is it called?
Gulf Stream
This phenomenon, commonly known as a twister, is a violently rotating column of air that extends from a thunderstorm to the ground. What is it?
Tornado
These currents are streams of seawater that move through the ocean, affecting the climate of nearby land. What are these currents called?
Ocean Currents
These organisms, when added to farmland, can help form rich soil by breaking up dense soil and allowing air and water to penetrate. What are they?
This geological principle states that the same processes and natural laws that operate in the universe now have always operated in the universe in the past. What is it?
Uniformitarianism
This phenomenon occurs when falling precipitation turns into ice pellets before reaching the ground. What is it?
Sleet
On what date did Mr. Nate begin teaching you?
1/9/2024
This is a commonly observed phenomenon in the sky, often appearing after rainfall when sunlight refracts through moisture in the air. What is it?
Rainbow