What do you call a rock that comes out the ground as MOLTEN MAGMA?
Igneouse Rock.
How old are the Western mountains?
170 million years old.
What are the three main steps to form a glacier?
1st Snow 2nd Firn 3rd Glacier ice
What is the 1st step of the cloud cycle?
evaporation.
Top to bottom how many layers make up the soil profile?
5.
What do you call a rock that has been made from tiny pieces of other rocks that get squished and heated for a long time?
Sedimentary Rock.
How old is the appalachian mountains?
480 Million years old.
What Country influence the arctic the most?
Russia.
What are the two main components of a cloud?
Water/Dust.
List of the 5 layers of the soil profile.
Organic/Surface/Subsoil/Substratum/Bedrock.
What type of rock would you get when you combine SEDIMENTARY ROCK HEAT AND PRESSER?
Metamorphic rock.
What caused the Western mountain and Appalachian mountains to form about?
Canadian shield wearing down over time.
What is the line that separates accumulation and ablation zones called?
equilibrium line.
Out of the Water and dust what makes up the majority of a cloud?
Dust.
What are the five parts that make up topsoil?
Air/Water/organic/Minerals.
Is it true you can go from igneous rock to sedimentary and metamorphic rock back to igneous rock?
True.
What type rock would you find underneath the Canadian shield?
Igneous rock.
What is the force called that pulls glaciers and ice sheets downslope?
Gravity.
What is the most common cloud in canada?
Stratocumulus stratiformis.
(MOMA) is the acronym for the four main components of True soil and what does it stand for?
Minerals/Organic/Material & Bacteria/Moisture/Air.
what is the last stage of the rock cycle before you go back to igneous rock?
metaphoric Rock.
What type of rock the Western & Appalachian mountains made of?
sedimentary rock.
What percent of the world's supply of fresh water is locked up in glacial ice
75%
What do call the type of cloud that makes thunder and lightning storms?
Cumulonimbus clouds.
What type of soil do we have in Ottawa?
Organic.