Heat Energy is transferred
by direct contact
conduction
Heat Energy is transferred through a
Liquid or a Gas
convection
Tightly packed particles
solid
Heat Energy is transferred
through space
radiation
Loosely Packed Particles
liquid
Energetic particles
gas
Allows energy to flow
conductors (all metals )
Buried under sedimentary rock
Used to study the past
fossils
Sediments are buried and form layers
Compaction and cementation
Thousands of years
sedimentary rock
Does Not allow energy to flow
insulators (no metals )
Breaking or cracking into sediments
weathering
Resources that take millions of years to form
non-renewable resources
Dead organisms are buried by sediments
Compaction and cementation
Heat and pressure
Millions of years
fossil fuels
Eat other organisms for energy
consumers
afternoon shadows will point in which direction-
east
365 days / 1 year
Seasons
revolution
this type of valley is created by glaciers
u- shaped valley
Dropping sediments off
deposition
a living organism is
biotic
a community of living and nonliving things interacting with each other
ecosystem
average patterns of weather in a region
years
seasons
over long periods of time
climate
a landform made by erosion and deposition
makes a triangle shape
river slows down into the ocean
delta
Morning shadows will point in which direction?
west
Carrying sediments away
erosion
24 hours / 1 day
Day and Night
rotation