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Landforms
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Weather
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100
This is built across a body of water, slows the movement of water behind it, creates a large reservoir for water supply. It decreases erosion.
What is a dam?
100
Nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
What is abiotic features?
100
Any push or pull of an object
What is force?
100
Weather over a period of time.
What is climate?
100
Winds that move from west to east, typically how most storms move, determine movement of fronts.
What is prevailing winds?
200
The wearing away of earth's materials by water, wind, or ice.
What is erosion?
200
Consumers that eat both animals and plants
What is omnivore?
200
force or speed of movement; mass in motion
What is momentum?
200
When water vapor becomes liquid
What is condensation?
200
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, continual process
What is the water cycle?
300
A 2 dimensional representation of the elevation of land.
What is a topographic map?
300
The relationship between plants and animals in a ecosystem.
What is interdependence?
300
An object that remains in place, no movement occurs.
What is a balanced force?
300
Heat transfer through means of air
What is convection?
300
Tiny bits of earth particles transported and deposited by water, wind, or ice
What is sediment?
400
left over particles
What is deposits?
400
The process of a seed beginning to sprout or grow.
What is germinate?
400
The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion or keep doing what it is doing.
What is inertia?
400
This type of air pressure usually means cooler temperatures and drier weather. (fair weather)
What is high air pressure?
400
Water that moves over the surface of the land.
What is run off?
500
Low area of land between higher land, often where a river flows.
What is a valley?
500
The position or role of an organism in a community of plants and animals.
What is a niche?
500
Used to push objects apart, examples: fork, axe, knife
What is a wedge?
500
Wind that moves from the land to the sea
What is a land breeze?
500
Electricity generated by moving water.
What is hydroelectricity?