Weather and the Water Cycle
This is the day-to-day condition of the air outside, such as temperature, wind, and precipitation.
What is weather?
This type of rock forms when layers of sediment are pressed and cemented together over time.
What is sedimentary rock?
Sand dunes are mainly shaped and moved by this natural force.
What is wind?
The amount of time it takes Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis.
What is 24 hours (1 day)?
The Moon goes through this repeating pattern of shapes about every ~29 days.
What is the lunar cycle?
This is the long-term pattern of weather in an area over many years.
What is climate?
The process that squeezes layers of sediment together to help form sedimentary rock.
What is compaction?
This process moves sediment from one place to another, helping build deltas.
What is erosion?
Earth does this on its axis, causing day and night.
What is rotate?
The number of days it takes the Moon to complete one full cycle of phases.
What is about one month (about 29–30 days)?
The process in the water cycle where liquid water changes into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
This step in sedimentary rock formation happens when minerals act like glue to hold sediments together.
What is cementation?
This step happens when eroded soil and rock are dropped in a new place to help create landforms like deltas.
What is deposition?
As Earth rotates, the Sun appears to move across the sky in this direction.
What is east to west?
This phase happens when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun and we cannot see it.
What is the New Moon?
Clouds form during this step of the water cycle when water vapor cools and changes back into tiny water droplets.
What is condensation?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are called this type of resource because they take millions of years to form.
What are nonrenewable resources?
A river widens over time due to this phenomenon.
What is weathering?
The real reason the Sun looks like it moves across the sky each day.
What is Earth's rotation?
This phase occurs halfway through the lunar cycle when the entire face of the Moon looks bright from Earth.
What is the Full Moon?
A desert has hot, dry conditions year after year. This describes the area’s ______
What is climate?
Wind, sunlight, and moving water are examples of this kind of resource that can be replaced naturally.
What are renewable resources?
This landform is formed when moving water slowly wears away rock over a long period of time.
What is a canyon?
At these times of day, shadows are usually longest because the Sun appears lowest in the sky.
What is morning and evenings?
If today is a Full Moon, about how long will it be until the next Full Moon?
What is about one month (around 29–30 days)?
Oil and natural gas formed mainly from the buried remains of these ancient ocean organisms.
What are plants (marine organisms)?
Around this time of day, shadows are shortest because the Sun appears highest in the sky.
What is noon (midday)?