WED
Are Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition fast or slow processes?
Very slow, like millions of years
What makes a sand dune?
Erosion and Deposition of sand by wind.
What is compaction?
When these are squeezed together or pushed down by weight.
What is a renewable resource?
A resource we won't run out of or can get more easily.
What is a learned behavior?
Something you are taught , you don't know it automatically
What is Weathering?
Breaking down rock by wind, water or ice
What makes a U shaped valley
A glacier moving slowly
What is cementation?
Where sediment deep in the ground gets glued back into one rock
What is a nonrenewable resource?
One that we can run out of and we can't get more in our lifetime.
In a food web, if an organism dies, what happens to the organism that usually eats it?
They would decrease in number
What does deposition mean?
when something drops
What forms a canyon?
A river or moving water.
Which layer is the oldest in Sedimentary rock and why?
The bottom because it's been there the longest.
Give 3 examples of a renewable resource.
Possible answers: Sun, Animals, Plants, Wind, Water
What does if mean for a living thing to interact with another living thing? Give an example
Like when a lizard eats a bug, both of those are alive and they are interacting.
Like when a monkey hides in a tree, both are living and they are interacting.
What is erosion?
The moving of sediment
How do you describe a landslide and is it a fast or slow process?
Dirt and rock move quickly down a hillside.
Explain why Sedimentary Rock is formed in layers.
Because each layer is deposited on top of the other layer.
What does MELTS stand for ?
Mechanical , Electrical, Light, Thermal and Sound energies
At least one group member show me a part of the WED chant and dance.
Just do it! Good job
Explain how a delta is formed.
Sediment is moved down a river and is then deposited where the river meets the ocean.
weathering, erosion, deposition, compaction, cementation, rock
What are alternative resources and give examples?
Resources that are Green and we use instead of fossil fuels, like windmills, moving water, solar panels, geothermal, etc
For an animal to transfer a lot of every in the food web, do you think they would be on the bottom or the top of the web and why?>
The bottom because they are being eaten and then that animal gets eaten and that transfers energy