Vocabulary
Any nonliving natural resource that makes up earth, including soil and water
What is earth materials?
A resource that is continually recreated and available for use again
What is a renewable resource?
In what kind of rock are most fossils found?
What is sedimentary?
The mineral in limestone that reacted to the vinegar
What is calcite?
Another word for deposition is
What is transport?
Bits of dead plant and animal parts in the soil
What is humus?
A resource that is available only in limited amounts and may not be able to be used again.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
A rock that forms when layers of sediments get stuck together
What is sedimentary rocks?
Bubbles indicate a _________________________
What is a chemical reaction?
The process by which eroded materials settle out in another place
What is deposition?
When a mineral in a rock changes to new minerals or other materials
What is chemical weathering?
True or False:
Wood is a renewable resource
What is true?
What is igneous?
The main cause for chemical weathering on earth
What is water?
The process by which water, wind, or ice carries away earth materials
What is erosion?
A fine gray powder made from a sedimentary rock, limestone.
What is cement?
True or False:
Oil is a renewable resource
What is false?
A rock that forms when rocks and minerals are subjected to heat and pressure
What is metamorphic rock?
The most powerful source for physical weathering
What is temperature changes?
Which earth material ran farther down the stream table in our experiment
What is clay?
The process by which rocks are broken down by breaking and banging
What is Physical weathering?
True or False:
Corn is a nonrenewable resource
What is false?
Sand and gravel that are added to cement to make the cement stronger
What is aggregates?
What is abrasion?
The two types of rocks we had in our stream tables
What is sand and clay?