Vocabulary
Water Cycle
Rock Cycle
Natural Resources
Maps
100
Field of science that deals with the Earth and the space around the Earth.
What is Earth Science
100
The name given to the water that runs down the side of cliffs and rocks.
What is Runoff
100
When the wind or other weather causes rocks to break down or change.
What is Erosion or Weathering
100
A resource that cannot be replenished once it has been used up.
What is a Non-renewable Resource
100
This kind of map shows the different temperature or weather of different areas.
Climate Map
200
The inner most layer of the Earth
What is the (inner) core
200
When liquid water turns into a gas, and rises into the sky.
What is Evaporation
200
This kind of rock is formed from cooled magma.
What is Igneous Rock
200
When a once abundant resource becomes scarce, and cannot be replenished.
What is a no long renewable resource
200
This part of a map shows the distance represented on a map.
Scale
300
Type of science that studies the Earth's oceans, as well as marine life.
What is Oceanography
300
When water vapor cools down and turns into liquid water.
What is Condensation
300
This kind of rock is formed by other rocks being crushed together with pressure and heat.
What is Sedimentary Rock
300
The biggest impact on Earth's resources.
What is Humans
300
A topographic map uses these to show elevation.
Contour Lines
400
A group of interacting parts that work together as a whole.
What is a system
400
When liquid or solid water falls from the sky.
What is Precipitation
400
When rocks are broken down into really tiny pieces, this can be formed.
What is Sand or Beaches
400
Rocks and Minerals are an example of what kind of resource?
Non-renewable Resources
400
This map will show boundaries between states/countries and show major cities and capitals.
Political Map
500
These are the things that surround and influence an organism.
What is the Environment
500
When plants give off water vapor.
What is Transpiration
500
The rock cycle moves in which order?
All ways. No specific path for the Rock Cycle.
500
How can Humans keep the Earth clean and full of resources?
Limit use of non-renewable resources and pollutants.
500
The 4 things every map should have.
Title, Scale, Key/Legend, Compass