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All the water on Earth makes up (is called)
What is hydrosphere
100
What process breaks down Earth's surface?
What is destruction processes
100
_______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down
What is sediments
100
________ is a break in the rock that makes up Earth's crust
What is a fault
100
each layer of soil is called _______
What is the soil horizon
200
About __________ percent of Earth's water is found in its salty oceans & seas
What is 97%
200
The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface is called
What is weathering
200
is a flat piece of land formed by deposition at the mouth of a river
What is delta
200
The 3 properties of a mineral are ____, _______, & ______
What is streak, luster, & hardness
200
The horizons of soils are ________ (holds the most nutrients), _______(is subsoil and has less humus an fine particles of rocks), and ________ (mostly of larger pieces of weathered rock.
What is Horizon A, Horizon B, & Horizon C
300
Earth's layers of earth are ______ (in order)
what is crust, mantle, outer core, & inner core
300
what breaks down rock by weathering?
What is wind, water, & gravity
300

________ a wide, flat area of land along a river where sediment is deposited by floodwaters

What is floodplain

300

what scale ranks the hardness of minerals from 1-10

What is Moh's hardness scale

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_______ is the part of the soil that is made of decayed organic materials
What is humus
400
The layer of atmosphere closest to Earth's surface is the _____________
What is the Troposphere
400
When weathered rock is picked up and moved is called
What is erosion
400

The point in an orbit furthest from the sun.

What is aphelion?

400
________ is a solid whose shape forms a fixed pattern
What is crystal
400
1._______ is a material that formed from the remains of ancient organisms and is used today as a major sure of energy 2.Any source of energy other than fossil fuels is called_____
1.What is fossil fuels 2.Alternitave energy
500
________ & _________ (gases) make up most of Earth's atmosphere
What is oxygen & nitrogen
500
_______ is when the wind/water/glacier drops the material they are eroding
What is deposition
500
what makes up the Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle
What is the lithosphere
500

the 3 types of categories (based on how they form) are

What is sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic

500
____ is a resource that can be replaced at arate close to their rate of use. & _______ is a resource that can be used up faster than it is made
What is renewable & nonrenewable