Earthquakes
What are three causes of earthquakes?
Molten rock moving under a volcano; energy buildup and release; large amounts of earth movement
Name the non-renewable resources
Coal, natural gas, petroleum, fossil fuels
What is the difference between meiosis and mitosis?
Meiosis is the cell reproducing by itself, mitosis is the cell getting ready to reproduce with another
What are two causes of volcanoes?
Heated magma rising to the Earth's surface; hot spots
Define bedrock
unweathered rock that influences the texture of the soil above it
What are the three types of faults?
Reverse; thrust; slip-strike
Name the renewable resources
Geothermal energy; hydroelectric energy; wind energy; solar energy
What is the term for a group of the same kind of organisms living together?
Colony
What layer of the Earth is directly below the crust?
What is the largest kind of particle in soil?
Sand
What is the beginning point of an earthquake?
Focus
Acid rain, oxidation, acid rain from lichens and moss
What is the process by which plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
Which layer of Earth is the hottest?
Inner core
Define soil texture
allows water and air to mix into topsoil
What is the term for a crack in the Earth's crust along which movement occurs?
Fault
Name the kinds of mechanical weathering
frost heaving, exfoliation, abrasion
What is the main function of the nucleus in a cell?
Storage of genetic materials (DNA)
You can classify volcanoes by all of the following except: shape, how often they erupt, temperature of the lava, or the type of eruption?
Temperature of the lava
What does a pedologist do?
Studies soil
What is the name of the idea that Earth's crust is made of moving plates?
Theory of Plate Techtonics
What is the difference between weathering and erosion?
What is the main function of the cell membrane?
To control what enters and exits the cell
Which of the following is a characteristic of sedimentary rocks? Formed by intense heat and pressure, created from cooled magma, made up of layers of sediment, or produced by volcanic eruptions?
Made up of layers of sediment
What is the term for the multiple layers of soil?
Horizons