Sediments
What is the process of wind, water, and ice putting down sediments they carry?
Deposition
Deposit
Name a body of water that is freshwater.
*There are three*
Lake, Pond, River
_______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down.
Sediments
__________ is when water turns from liquid into a gas.
Evaporation
________ form when waterborne sediments are deposited at the mouth of rivers.
Deltas
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What are the three main parts of the water cycle?
Precipitation, Evaporation, Condensation
The breaking down of rock at or near Earth's surface is called ______________.
Weathering
A meteorologist is using a barometer- what are they measuring?
Air Pressure
Give an example of how humans use water for recreation.
Swimming
Water Parks
Boating/Fishing
This causes canyons to form.
River Erosion
Erosion
Nonrenewable resources are things that we ________ reuse.
cannot
What can break down rock through weathering?
Wind, Water, or Gravity
What type of cloud indicates that a thunderstorm is coming?
Cumulonimbus
_________ is the passage of water vapor from a plant to the atmosphere.
Transpiration
What is an earthquake?
An increase in pressure in/under the crust of the earth that run along plate boundaries, causing the earth around the boundary to shake and quake.
When weathered rock is picked up and moved it is called _____.
erosion
What is the thickest layer of the earth?
Mantle
What is the transfer of heat from one place to another caused by movement of molecules?
Convection
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How long does it take for the Earth to complete one full revolution around the sun?
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365.4 days
_______ resources are resources that are used up faster than it is made.
Nonrenewable
What landform provides home to many animals like birds and sea life, and protects our land from coastal flooding?
Wetlands
_______ is when the wind, water, or glaciers drops the material they are eroding.
Deposition
What is the lunar event that occurs when the moon blocks sunlight on Earth?
Solar Eclipse
Eclipse
True or false: A rock can never be worn down by erosion.
False
Erosion is the movement of rocks.
True of false: The inner core of the earth is solid.
True
It is solid because of the incredible pressure from the layers about it.