Water Cycle
What is the main source of energy for the water cycle?
The Sun
Weathering is the __________ or wearing down of Earth's material. This process creates sediment.
Breaking
Name the 3 Nonrenewable resources
Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas
What does impermeable mean?
What is somthing that is impermeable?
Something that does not allow liquid or gas to pass through?
Rubber boots
Which moon phase will have the brightest night?
Full Moon
What are the 4 types of precipitation?
Rain, Sleet, Hail, Snow
Erosion is the process of _________ sediment to another location by wind, water, or ice.
Moving
Name the 5 Renewable rescources
Wind, Sun, Animals, Plants, and Water
What does permeable mean?
What is something that is permeable?
Something that allows liquid or gas to pass through.
Sponge
Which phase will have the darkest night?#batman
New Moon
Which phase turns liquid water into water vapor?
Evaporation
Deposition is the _________ off of sediment in its new location.
Dropping
What are fossil fuels?
Are they renewable or nonrenewable?
Energy resources that are made from plant and animal remains. (nonrenewable)
What does porous mean?
Provide and example of someting porous:
Something with a lot of spaces or holes in it.
Sponge/ lava rock
Which phase will come 1 week after a a New Moon
1st Quarter
The clouds in the sky are generally made up of ______ droplets.
Liquid
A form of weathering that is caused when water seeps into a rock and then freezes.
Ice Wedging
How are renewable and nonrenewable different?
Renewable energy will never run out and can replace itself in a lifetime, whereas nonrenewable will run out and cannot replace itself in a lifetime.
What is climate?
The average weather patterns of an area over a long period of time
Which phase will come 3 week after the New Moon?
Last Quarter
The phase that turns water vapor back into liquid water after it rises and cools.
Condensation
As a glacier moves across Earth's surface it can pick up rock and scrape the surface of the Earth. When the water from the glacier melts and the rocks and dirt are left behind what process is this?
Deposition
When you cook your food on a gas stove, which energy resource are you using and is it renewable or nonrenewable?
Natural Gas (nonrenewable)
What is Weather?
How wit feels outside right now or within a short period of time. Changes day-to-day.
Which phase comes 2 weeks before a Full Moon?
New Moon