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Geology Lessons 1-4
Geology Lessons 5-8
Geology Lessons 9-12
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Hydrology Lessons 4-6
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Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic Rocks
What are the 3 types of rocks in the rock cycle
100
Rocks that crystallize from magma that have been intruded into the earth's crust at depths far below the surface.
What are intrusive rocks?
100
Fuel such as coal or gas from remains of living organisms.
What are fossil fuels?
100
The ability of water molecules to stick to other surfaces
What is adhesion?
100
Freshwater that is found underneath the surface of the earth.
What is groundwater?
200
Convergent Boundary
What boundary forms when 2 plates collide?
200
The change from a vapor to a condensed state (solid or liquid).
What is condensation?
200
Fission of an atomic nucleus into two parts of the same size caused by the collision of a particle.
What is nuclear fission?
200
A film on the surface of water created by cohesion
What is surface tension?
200
Used for drinking water, household uses, agriculture, and industry.
What is freshwater used for?
300
Transform Boundary.
What boundary is created when 2 plates slide past each other?
300
The change of a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
Used in cars and transportation vehicles.
What is bioethanol used for?
300
Created by the tilt of the Earth's rotational axis as it travels around the sun
How are the seasons created?
300
Plastics, oils, and gasoline found in water
What are organic chemicals?
400
Stratovolcano, Cinder, and Shield Volcanoes
What are the 3 main types of volcanoes.
400
Chemical and mechanical weathering.
What are the 2 different types of weathering?
400
Heat from the sun is captured and used to create energy.
What is solar energy?
400
Precipitation, humidity,and temperature
What is climate?
400
Agriculture, industry, and mining
What are the major sources of pollution?
500
Measures the intensity of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale
500
The transportation of sediments after they have been weathered.
What is erosion?
500
The process which helps the environment cleaner and saving money.
What is reduce, reuse, recycle?
500
Gases that trap the heat of the sun in the atmosphere.
What are greenhouse gases?
500
The amount of sediments found in the water.
What is the turbidity of water?