Landforms
the breaking down and movement of sediments
What is weathering and erosion?
A rock formed over millions of years with multiple layers.
What is a sedimentary rock?
The substances of salt water from the ocean evaporate.
True or false
What is false?
Only the water evaporates.
This causes the day/night cycle
What is Earth's rotation?
What does WEDCC stand for?
What is weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, and cementation?
formed by a u-shaped valley
What is a glacier?
Wind, water, and sun are ______ types of resources.
What is renewable?
Hail, sleet, rain, and snow are examples of what
What is precipitation?
List the order of the planets.
What is Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune?
If the sun rises in the east and it's 8 AM, where would the shadow be located?
What is west?
a v-shaped valley forms a _____
What is a canyon?
Coal, oil, and natural gas are _______.
What are fossil fuels?
The ocean is an example of _______.
What is accumulation or collection?
Earth _____ around the Sun.
What is revolves or orbits?
The lunar cycle is about how many days
What is 28 days?
Formed at the mouth of a river
What is a delta?
Soil holds on to water is called _____
What is retain or retention?
There is no water cycle without the _____.
What is the sun?
The sun _____ in the _____ and _____ in the _____.
What is rises in the east and sets in the west?
The Earth's tilt on its axis causes...
What are seasons?
Explain how a crack is formed in a rock.
What is water freezes in a crack, expands, and then melts?
Breaking down of organic material
What is decay or decomposition?
Water vapor turns from a gas to a liquid
What is condensation?
Give two similarities between two of the following: Sun, Earth, and Moon.
Give two differences between two of the following: Sun, Earth, and Moon.
Differences: Examples - Earth and Moon have craters and valleys. The Sun has the most gravity, and the Moon has the least. The Moon has no to very little layer of atmosphere or weather unlike Earth.
Explain the difference between weather and climate.
Weather is the current outdoor conditions.
Climate is the average weather conditions for an area year after year.