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______ is the seeping in of water into soil or rocks through cracks in the ground Condensation Infiltration runoff
Infiltration
100
The precentage of the Earth that is covered with water
71%
100
_____ is the source of all energy.
Sun
100
This is the name of a cloud low in the sky with a puffy appearance.
stratocumulus
100
Rock layer A is older than rock layer B, but younger than rock layer C. Which type of aging is this?
Relative age.
200
Runoff is water that flows ____ on Earth's surface and may enter a stream or river. upstream downslope down the street
downslope
200
These are devices oceanographers use to study the ocean.
satellites submersibles side scan sonar
200
____ is the current state of the atmosphere.
weather
200
we classify clouds by their ___ and ___.
altitude, shape
200
The four charactersitics of a mineral
naturally occuring inorganic solid, specific composition crystalline structure
300
This is the process by which water flows in a current through the Earth's atmosphere
the water cycle
300
Name the three layers of the ocean
surface layer thermocline bottom layer
300
These are devices used to measure windspeed, temperature, and barometric pressure
anemometer thermometer barometer
300
This term describes how full of water the air is at the time of measurement.
relative humidity
300
Out of these four groups of animals, which existed first on Earth? Fish Amphibians Reptiles Invertebrates (Animals without backbones)
Invertibrates
400
The TRIANGULAR deposit of silt and clay particles that form where a stream enters a large body of water. River Delta tributary
Delta
400
Why are there layers in the ocean?
cold water is more dense and sinks to the bottom salty water is more dense and also sinks to the bottom
400
what are the stages of a thunderstorm
cumulus mature dissipation
400
The zone where cold air is taking over warmer air
cold front
400
Process by which weathering and erosion of this creates sediments
rocks
500
There curving and bending of a stream.
meander
500
The physical properties of the ocean
layers temerature profile absorption of light
500
What are the 3 conditions that must be met for thunderstorms to occur?
abundant source of moisture in the atmosphere moisture must be lifted into atmosphere to condense atmosphere must be unstable
500
when either a cold front or warm fron stops moving and later returns to either front.
stationary front
500
What scale do we use to measure the magnitude of earthquake wave?
Richter scale