Precipitation that falls to Earth ultimately flows over land into lake, streams, and rivers.
What is runoff?
100
The deposition of sediment can form what type of landform?
What is a delta?
100
A student is riding a bike and applies the brakes. Which most helps the bike to stop?
What is friction?
100
Grass.....grasshopper....frog...snake....hawk is called what?
What is the food chain?
100
What occurs when cool air moves from the beach toward the ocean duing the night?
What is a land breeze?
200
What do meterologists depend on to forecast an approaching storm?
What is air pressure?
200
If a person clear cuts a wooded area, will it decrease or increase the amount of soil erosion?
What is increase?
200
The bottom of a light bulb is which type of simple machine?
What is a screw?
200
How have desert plants adapted to their environment?
What is by storing water?
200
Precipitation, runoff, evaporation, condensation, precipitation is the correct order of the?
What is the water cycle?
300
What is most likely part of a weather station in a school?
What is rain gauge?
300
All of the landforms on Earth are constantly changing shape. What is most responsible for the changes in the landforms?
What is water erosion?
300
Students designed a tool to dig and cut into the soil. Which type of simple machine did they create?
What is a wedge?
300
Corn....mouse....owl....What is the role of the corn?
What is a producer?
300
Cirrus clouds are made up of?
What is ice crystals?
400
Sometimes the weather in North Carolina is affected by air masses moving from the Gulf of Mexico. Which best descirbes these air masses?
What is warm and moist?
400
How does water help to break apart rock?
What is by freezing and expanding?
400
When a force is acting upon an object is called this?
What is an unbalanced force?
400
Which resource do decomposers return to the environment?
What is nutrients?
400
Which factor is most helpful in determining where a thunderstorm is coming from and where it may go?
What is wind direction?
500
Most warm and cold air masses that enter North Carolina are moved by global windss. Which global winds are responsible for most of the local weather in North Carolina?
What is prevailing westerlies?
500
Which natural force most likely shaped a sand dune?
What is wind?
500
Two people are each pulling on the opposite ends of a rope. If they are pulling on the rope with equal but opposite forces, what will happen to the rope?
What is it will stay in place between the two people?
500
This thing uses energy from the sun to make food.
What is a producer?
500
During evaporation, which change best describes what happens to water?