Rock Cycle
The act of rocks being broken down into sediments
What is weathering?
The renew-ability status of fossil fuels like coal and oil
Nonrenewable?
The act of water being heated and turning into water vapor
What is evaporation?
The most common form of precipitation
What is rain?
Land formation that results from melting glaciers
What is a U-Shaped valley?
The act of sediments being carried away to a new location.
What is Erosion?
Energy source that harnesses the power of the sun
What is a solar panel?
The act of water changing from a gas to a liquid, hanging in the air as tiny water droplets
What is condensation?
The formation of a canyon comes from this water source
What is a river?
Land formation that takes the shape of a triangle as a river empties into the ocean
What is a delta?
The act of sediments being dropped in a new location?
What is deposition?
What is a wind turbine?
Water becomes too big for the atmosphere to hold and falls from the sky.
What is precipitation?
The end result of the rock cycle
What is sedimentary rock?
Valley formed from rivers.
What is a V-shaped valley?
The act of sediments squeezing together
What is compaction?
Fossil fuel that takes the form of a black rock
What is coal?
The act of water building up on the surface of the Earth
What is accumulation?
The most common sedimentary rock
What is limestone?
Rivers form this and expose layers of sedimentary rock
What is a canyon?
The act of sediments sticking together and hardening
What is cementation?
Fossil fuel that takes the form of a thick dark liquid?
What is Oil/Petroleum?
The process of the Earth's water being recycled
What is the water cycle?
Water vapor as a state of matter
What is a gas?
An area of high flat ground
What is a plateau?