Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
When weather breaks down a rock into sediment, the process is called....
What is weathering?
What is transportation, businesses, homes, jobs, people, stores, etc?
The 2 types of natural resources
What are renewable and nonrenewable resources
Name a landform
What is a river, lake, basin, valley, etc?
How rivers always flow
What is high to low?
A landform created by deposition.
What is a sand dune or delta?
Native Americans typically chose this type of land when they were settling because it was good for farming
What is fertile soil?
This type of resource can not be replenished or made again by humans or nature for 1,000s of years.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
Geographic features such as a canyon, valley, ocean, basin, etc are _________________
What is a landform?
The most famous waterfall in the United States
What is Niagara Falls?
a landform created by erosion
What is a u-shaped valley or canyon?
A development that allowed people to settle in more extreme climates
What is AC, cars, electricity, roads, heaters, etc.?
Name 3 renewable resources
What is sun, water, animals, plants, etc?
The area between the Sierra Nevadas and The Rocky Mountains that has the Salt Lake.
What is the Great Basin?
Ice and snow compact under their own weight making THIS formation
What are glaciers?
The difference between erosion and deposition
What is erosion takes the sediment from one place to another, and deposition is where the sediment settles?
Farming, mining, manufacturing, and grazing are all types of __________________ in the United States.
What is land usage?
The 3 R's of conservation
Name the 3 main mountain ranges in the United Staes
Name the two places water flow into and out of a lake
What are inlets and outlets?
Name the 4 landforms we learned about and how they were made
What are u-shaped valleys formed by ice and erosion, canyons formed by flowing water and erosion, sand dunes formed by wind and deposition, and deltas formed by flowing water and deposition?
Over 50% of the land in the U.S. is used for farming. What is the least amount of land used for?
What is manufacturing or nonusable land?
Name 3 green energies that do not produce pollution
What is solar energy, hydroelectric energy, and wind energy?
Where the Mississippi River drains
Name the conditions that create a salt lake
What are there is no outlet, the climate is hot and water evaporates faster than the water is replenished, and minerals build up over time?