Human Impacts on the Environment
This is the word for when a species of living thing runs out of space and resources to support the population
Overpopulation
This is the name of a break in the Earth's crust
A fault
This space object is at the center of the solar system
The Sun (I would also accept 'a star')
Name three steps in the Water Cycle
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Transpiration, Respiration
This is one reason the geosphere is important to humans
We build houses on it, we use land for farming, we use outdoor space for recreation, we build modes of transit (roads and train tracks) on land
This is the main way human activity is contributing to Climate Change
Burning fossil fuels (or name an activity the involves burning fossil fuels like driving cars or coal-fired power plants)
This is the landform that occurs at a place where lava from the mantle erupts from Earth's surface
Volcano
This is the force that draws all objects towards each other
gravity
When water seeps into the ground, it is sometimes stored in porous rock layers underground. These underground water storage areas are called _________
aquifers
This is the word that describes when rock breaks apart into smaller pieces
weathering
This is one way that farming can contribute to water pollution
1. Runoff from fertilizer and/or pesticides
2. Animal waste being washed into local waterways
This is the word for a tectonic plate boundary where both sides are pushing towards each other
Convergent boundary
Name one of the two ways that the Earth is in motion
Rotation or Revolution
This is one reason why a location might not have access to fresh water
it's contaminated by pollution, there isn't enough rain, there is a drought, the ground cannot store water
This is the word for when rocks or small pieces of rocks (sediment) are moved to a new location by wind or water
erosion
This is the term for when pollution in the air causes water vapor in the atmosphere to decrease in pH
Acid Rain
This is the landform you would find at a location where two continental plates (not oceanic) are pushing against each other
A mountain range
This is the approximate age of the Earth
5 billion years (the more precise age is 4.6 billion)
What water vapor in the air condenses into droplets but those droplets stay suspended in their air, we call that
clouds OR fog
This is the word that refers to the shape of the land
topography
Conservation
When two tectonic plates are pushing towards one another, and one of those plates is pushed downward back into the mantle, that is called ___________
subduction
This is a unit of measure where one unit equals the distance from Earth to the Sun (about 93 million miles)
One Astronomical Unit (AU)
This is about how much of Earth's water is salt water
97%
This is a type of rock that has been transformed by heat and pressure
metamorphic rock