Weathering, Erosion, Deposition
Water gets into cracks, freezing, and breaking the rock apart.
Weathering
What is the process in which the water falls from the sky as rain, hail, sleet, snow, or other forms of water.
Precipitation
includes all of the water on the Earth, like oceans, rivers, and lakes.
Hydrosphere
TWO spheres: Volcanoes blast ash into the air.
Geosphere and Atmosphere
These are things found in nature that can be used by people.
Natural Resources
Rain washes away soil from a hillside.
Erosion
What is the process in which water changes from a liquid to a gas.
Evaporation
is the layer of gas that surrounds the Earth.
Atmosphere
A major drought occurred in Texas, causing the crops not to be able to grow in the area.
Biosphere and Hydrosphere
Positive or Negative Impact:
Collecting rainfall to water the garden.
Positive
Plant roots breaking apart a driveway
Weathering
What is the process in which water changes from a gas to a liquid.
Condensation
includes all of the solid, natural parts of the Earth, like rocks, minerals, sand and soil.
Geosphere
When humans cut down forests, less oxygen is released into the air.
Positive or Negative Impact:
Sending factory smoke into the air for all to breathe.
Negative
Waves dropping sand on the beach.
Deposition
What is the term used when water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail, or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams.
Collection
Biosphere
When wind moves around landforms, it can start to break pieces of rock apart.
Geosphere and Atmosphere
What was the MAIN reason rainforests were being cut down in Brazil?
For cattle ranching.
Layers of sediment forming at the bottom of the ocean.
Deposition
How does a plant contribute to the water cycle?
Transipiration
DIAMOND fits into which sphere?
Geosphere
When trees and plants die, they break down, and their nutrients go back into the soil.
Geosphere and Biosphere
What was the name of the process in which grasslands were being turned into deserts?
Desertification