Earth's Rotation
Water Cycle & Weather
Sedimentary Rock & Fossil Fuels
Changes to Earth's Surface
Conservation
100

The process of Earth spinning on its axis.

What is a Rotation.

100

When water evaporates from the Earth's surface and turns back to liquid water in the clouds.

What is condensation.

100

When layers of sedimentary rock squeeze the layers below.

What is compaction.

100

Two landforms that are created from deposition.

What is a delta and a Sand Dune

100

The practice of protecting and preserving the natural environment.

What is conservation or conserving.

200

The length of time it takes the Earth to complete one rotation on its axis.

What is 24 hours or 1 day

200

The movement of water from the ground to the atmosphere through plants?

What is transpiration.

200

The term for the remains or imprints of ANCIENT plants and animals found in rock.

What is a fossil fuel.

200

A landform created from the weathering and erosion of a river.

What is a V-shaped valley or a canyon.

200

Limiting the use of a resource.

What is reducing.

300

The result of the Earth's rotation.

What is the Day and Night Cycle.

300

The result of the water cycle causing precipitation to occur.

What is rain, hail, sleet, or snow.

300

Wind, water, plants, and animals are this type of Natural Resource.

What is a renewable resource.

300

A landform created from the weathering and erosion of a glacier.

What is a U-Shaped Valley, or a moraine, or a lake- like the Great Lakes.

300

Creating new materials from old materials.

What is recycling.

400

Earth's rotation causing the stars and the sun to APPEAR to move in the sky.

What is apparent motion.

400

This powers the Water Cycle on Earth.

What is the Sun.

400

Fossils are found in sedimentary rocks. These additional steps are needed to turn fossils into a fossil fuel.

What is time, heat, and pressure.

400

Hoodoos are a result of this type of erosion. 

What is wind erosion.

400

When we refill a water bottle, we are doing this.

What is reusing.

500

Shadows appear shorter at this time of day.

What is 12pm or noon

500

When water evaporates from the Oceans, this is left behind.

What is salt.

500

Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are this type of Natural Resource.

What is a nonrenewable resource.

500

When water freezes in the cracks and causes material to split.

What is frost or ice wedging.

500

An excess of light, sound, harmful gasses, and trash.

What is pollution.