The Earth
What is the vocabulary word for the movement of the Earth on its axis?
Answer: Rotation
What is the process called when water vapor turns into liquid water?
Answer: Condensation
What does W.E.D.C.C. stand for?
Answer: Weathering, Erosion, Deposition, Compaction, and Cementation
What are the three Agents of Change that help with the formation of Landforms?
Answer: Wind, Water, and Ice
What are Sediments?
How long does it take for Earth to complete one full spin?
Answer: 24 hours
True or False, during The Water Cycle can the Evaporated water go from a Liquid to a Gas, and then back to a Liquid again?
Answer: True
What are the three Fossil Fuels we discussed in class?
Answer: Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
What Landform can Wind help form? AND Where can you find them?
Answer: Sand Dunes and Beaches/Deserts
How long does it take the Earth to make a full Revolution (or Revolve)?
365 Days or 1 Year
The Sun rises in the _______ and sets in the _______?
Answer: East and West
True or False, Ocean Currents can affect weather in different regions of the world?
Answer: True
What are Fossil Fuels made from?
Answer: Ancient Remains of Plants and Animals
When forming the Landform River Deltas, _____________ are deposited at the _____________ of the River?
Answer: Sediments and Mouth
What are all the forms of Precipitation? ALSO, name their States of Matter. [Example: Solid, Liquid, Gas]
Answer: Rain, Sleet, Hail, and Snow.
When it is early in the morning, are Shadows Short and Wide? Or are they Long and Thin?
Answer: Shadows are Long and Thin
What helps stop the water that is Evaporated from the Ocean from reaching Outer Space?!
Answer: The Atmosphere
What two things begin to happen when Sediments begin to pile on top of each other?
Answer: Heat and Pressure
What Landforms do Glaciers help create?
Answer: U-Shaped or V-Shaped Valleys
What are the four Landforms we discussed in class?
Answer: River Deltas, Canyons, Sand Dunes, and Valleys (U-Shaped and V-Shaped)
What time does the Sun rise? AND what time does the Sun set?
Answer: The Sun rises between 6AM - 7AM, and the Sun sets between 6PM - 7AM.
What are the 6 Processes of The Water Cycle, IN ORDER!
Answer: Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff, and Accumulation
What is created during the process of Sedimentary Rocks and takes millions of years to replenish (meaning create more of)?
Answer: Fossil Fuels
What narrow body of water uses the process of erosion to create Canyons over time?
Answer: Rivers
Are you ready for your Learning Check?
Answer: Should be YES lol