Weather
This is measured by a barometer
What is air pressure?
Type of rock formed by the accumulation of sediments (minerals, rock fragments, and organic matter) in layers over time.
What is sedimentary rock?
The number of people that live on Earth.
What is about 8 billion?
A thin layer of gasses that surround Earth
What is the Earth's atmosphere?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This is measured by an anemometer.
What is wind speed?
The type of rock that forms when molten lava or magma cools and hardens.
What is igneous rock?
The force that holds you to the Earth.
What is gravity?
Any type of falling water such as rain, snow, hail, and sleet.
What is precipitation?
The Earth's tilted axis causes there to be four different _______.
What are seasons?
A hygrometer measures this.
What is humidity?
The name of a supercontinent that assembled almost all of Earth's landmasses together.
What is Pangea?
A molecule with the chemical formula H2O.
What is water?
Water in gas form, makes up clouds.
What is vapor?
A name for the four planets closest to the sun.
What are the terrestrial planets?
This type of pressure system often indicates rain or cloudy weather.
What is low pressure?
Type of rock that forms when exposed to intense heat, pressure, or both.
What is a metamorphic rock?
Where life on Earth began.
What is the ocean?
When water changes from liquid to gas (vapor).
What is evaporation?
This pressure system indicates clear, dry, and sunny weather.
What is high pressure?
Naturally occurring, inorganic solid compounds or elements with a defined chemical composition and crystal structure.
What are minerals?
Life on Earth began about ____ billion years ago.
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The movement of sediments caused by water or wind.
What is erosion?