The Earth and the Solar System
What is the Sun?
The preserved remains or trace of an organism
What are fossils?
Rock formed when lava or magma cools and solidifies
What is Igneous rock?
The layers of air above and around Earth
What is the Atmosphere?
The process of a species disappearing forever
What is Extinction?
I happen when the Moon passes into the Earth's shadow
What is a Lunar Eclipse?
We are the sedimentary layer of rock in Earth
What are rock strata?
Rock formed deep underground where heat and pressure cause existing rocks to be changed
What is Metamorphic Rock?
I am the main source of energy for the Water Cycle
What is Radiant Energy (The Sun)?
A gradual increase in the average temperature of Earth’s climate system
What is Global Warming?
I am the reason the Earth has season
What is revolution?
When this happens, it can cause my rock layers to fracture and move.
What are Earthquakes?
Rock formed by the deposition of sediments cemented together over geological time
What is Sedimentary Rock?
The process by which crystals form
What is crystallization?
A group of organisms that can interbreed to create offspring
What is a species?
I am the imaginary line through Earth that extends from the North Pole to the South Pole.
What is axis?
I move tectonic plates over long periods of time
What is Continental Drift?
The process of laying down sediments from water or air.
What is Deposition?
When water vapor loses thermal energy and becomes a liquid
What is Condensation?
The sum of all living matter on Earth
What is the Biosphere?
I am the longest day of the year in my hemisphere
What is the Summer Solstice?
These are circular movements through the Mantle
What are Convection Currents?
The process of breaking down rocks into sediments
What is weathering?
The process during which plants release moisture into the air
What is Transpiration?
A group of interacting individuals of the same species
What is a Population?