Slow and Rapid Change
These are the reasons for SLOW changes on the Earth's Surface?
What is WWWI (water, waves, wind, and ice)
Name a renewable resource and define "renewable"
What is air, plants, animals, water-- anything that can be replaced quickly or in your lifetime
This is a deep V-shaped valley eroded by rivers
What is a canyon?
the main ingredient to make fossil fuels
What are dead organisms?
The scientific term for ocean waves pounding a rock over the years and wearing it away
What is weathering?
Name two fossil fuels and how long they take to form?
What is coal, oil, petroleum, natural gas, and millions of years?
This is a low area between mountains. Rivers make V-shaped ones and glaciers make U-shaped ones
What is a valley?
fossils are usually formed in this type of rock
What is sedimentary rock?
The scientific term for glaciers dropping sediment and rocks when they melt.
What is deposition?
Evidence of past organisms and their surroundings and where you can find them
What is fossils and sedimentary rock?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: This is wetland area that forms as river waters empty into a larger body of water (often looking triangular in shape)
What is a delta?
decayed organic material, commonly occuring in topsoil
What is humus?
The scientific term when a river moves sediment.
What is erosion?
Definition of non-renewable resource
any natural resource (such as minerals and fossil fuels) that cannot be replenished naturally within the passage of time
This is a high, steep area of land. Some of these are volcanoes.
What is a mountain?
the repeated thawing and freezing of water in the cracks of the rocks
What is frost wedging?
Name three things that can cause the Earth's surface to change rapidly?
What is SOLAR--energy from the sun, WIND--energy from moving air(used in turbines) GEOTHERMAL--energy from the earth's underground heat, BIOFUELS-crops or animal waste, HYDROELECTRIC--energy from moving water (used in dams)
This is a mound or hill of sand formed by wind.
What is a sand dune?
What is soil?