Earth Science
All the water on Earth makes up (is called)
Hydrosphere
The driving force behind most erosion is ______________.
Gravity, water, air
_______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down.
Sediments
what is soil erosion
Movement of soil from one place to another due to water, air, gravity.
A scientist who primarily studies rocks is called _______________________.
Geologist
About __________ percent of Earth's surface is covered in water.
71%
The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface is called _________________.
Weathering
A flat piece of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river is ______________________.
Delta
A mountain would become smaller due to ____________________.
Weathering and Erosion
A scientist who studies fossils primarily is called a ________________________.
Paleontologist
All of the living things or organisms on Earth are ______________.
Biosphere
These break down rock by weathering.
wind, water, animals, and gravity
Melted sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks.
Magma or Lava
Venus
The theory that explains volcanoes, earthquakes, seafloor spreading, and other concepts.
Plate tectonics
All of the solid, non-living parts of Earth are _____________.
Geosphere
The moving of weathered rock is _______________.
Erosion
The process that creates igneous rock from lava or magma is _______________________.
Cooling
Closest Star to earth
The sun
A remains, impression, or trace of a living organism that lived in the distant past, preserved in rock or other geological features is _______________.
Fossils
The layer of gases that surround the Earth are ___________________.
Atmosphere
Name Jovian Planets
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
The process that creates metamorphic rock from other rocks is ________________________.
Heat & Pressure
The 3 types of categories of rocks (based on how they form) are ___________________________.
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic?
The process that creates sedimentary rock from sediments is ___________________.
Compaction and Cementation