The process by which rock is broken down into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
100
The suns energy.
What is what drives the water cycle?
100
Magma that reaches Earth's surface.
What is lava?
200
Energy from the sun that effects earth by providing light and growing crops.
What is solar energy?
200
This is a dominant feature on Earth and is essential for life.
What is water?
200
Shapes on the planet's surface.
What is landforms?
200
Water also occurs in the air as an invisible gas known as
What is water vapor?
200
Sudden violent, movements of Earth's crust.
What is Earthquake?
300
Places tilting toward the sun receive more solar energy and experience warmer temperatures. Those tilting away from the sun receive less solar energy and experience cooler temperatures.
What is how rotation and tilt each effect the amount of solar energy earth receives?
300
Water that falls to earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
What is precipitation?
300
Suggests that Earth's surface is divided into a dozen or so slow moving plates, or pieces of Earth's crust.
What is Plate Tectonics?
300
This occurs when water vapor cools and forms clouds.
What is condensation?
300
A region that circles the Pacific Ocean known for its fiery volcanoes and powerful earthquakes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
Earth's movement affects the amount of _____________ we receive from the sun.
What is energy?
400
Makes up only about 3 percent of our total water supply.
What is freshwater?
400
The plate tectonics are still moving.
What is why are the landforms still changing?
400
__________ is excess precipitation that flows over land into rivers, streams, and oceans.
What is runoff?
400
One of the best known volcanoes in the Ring of fire.
What is Mount Saint Helen's?
500
Earth's position and movements affect the amount of energy we receive from the sun and determine our ___________.
What is seasons?
500
Salt water, fresh water, ground water, surface water
What is the different types of water that make up earth's water supply?
500
The _____________ of two continental plates also results in mountain building.
What is collision?
500
Because the ________ __________ is constantly repeating, it allows us to maintain a constant supply of water on Earth.
What is water cycle?
500
Tall, steep, cone-shaped volcanoes that have violent eruptions.