Rock Cycle
This type of rock can form after a volcano erupts
Igneous
Solid precipitation is known as what?
Hail
What are the two types of weathering?
Mechanical and Chemical
What types of organisms contain carbon?
ALL OF THEM
What do scientists call the supercontinent theorized to have existed 300M years ago
Pangea
This substance can clump together with other rocks to form a new rock
Sediment
Throughout the water cycle, water is constantly changing states of _____
matter
Name the 5 agents of erosion
Water, wind, waves, glaciers, gravity
Animals and plants that do not decompose, but stay layered under Earth's surface eventually form _______
Fossil Fuels
South America is drifting westward and Africa is moving eastward, what type of boundary do these two continents lie on?
Divergent
Any type of rock that does this will turn to magma
Melt
Runoff from precipitation travels in which direction due to what?
Downslope, Gravity
What is the term that describes glaciers picking up rocks from Earth's surface as they move slowly
Plucking
Photosynthesis uses _______ and ______ to produce ______ and _______
CO2 and Sunlight
Oxygen and Sugar
You might find one of these cone shaped structures at a subduction zone
Volcano
Describe the difference between intrusive and extrusive Igenous Rocks
Intrusive - under Earth's surface
Extrusive - on the Earth's surface
Describe how clouds are formed in the sky. Make sure to use the vocabulary word that is associated with cloud formation.
Condensation, vapor turns to droplets
Sediment drifted by wind forms ______
Dunes
These trap heat on Earth and regulate the temperature
Greenhouse Gasses
This type of boundary causes intense Earthquakes in California
Transform
All rocks will begin as this type of rock
Igneous
What term describes liquid turning into water vapor?
What is needed for this to happen?
A sudden slippage of a large mass of land due to gravity is called a
Slump
Describe how Carbon can travel through the Biosphere, Geosphere, and Atmosphere
Carbon can be transferred through feeding, respiration, and death
In the Earth's mantle, these drive the movement of Tectonic Plates
Convection Currents