Weather or Climate?
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Miscellaneous
100

short-term; describes what is being experienced at a certain place and time. 

What is weather? 

100
Explain the difference between chemical and mechanical weathering.

Chemical - rocks are broken down by chemical reactions (acid rain, oxidation)

Mechanical - rocks are broken down by physical forces (ice, wind, water, living organisms)

100

These are mixtures of minerals, volcanic glass, organic matter, and other materials. 

What are rocks?

100

Sedimentary rocks are formed though...

What is sedimentation or compacting and cementing? 

100

The layers of the earth from the inside out are....

What is the inner core, the outer core, the mantle, and the crust?

200

long-term; explains what is expected to happen in a certain area 

What is climate?

200

Give an example of mechanical weathering. 

answers will vary! 

200
When igneous rock undergoes weathering and erosion, it breaks apart; turning into...

What is sediment? 

200

Cooling magma forms...

What is igneous rocks?

200

Boundary plates that collide are referred to as

What are convergent boundaries?
300

Brisbane is a city located near the Gold Coast of Australia. This area is known for its beautiful beaches. But the summers are rainy, with about six inches of rain falling on average each year during December, January, and February. 

What is climate?

300

Give an example of chemical weathering. 

answers will vary! 

300

This is formed when rock is melted by hot temperatures deep inside the earth. 

What is magma?

300

What forms metamorphic rock? 

What is heat and pressure? 

300

When oxygen reacts with rocks and metals, and begins to break them down.

What is oxidation? 

400

Nassau, a city in the Bahamas, has many tourists each winter. On Tuesday, it was too humid for some tourists.

What is weather?

400

The grand canyon was formed by the force of gravity pulling water down across earth; breaking the rocks into smaller pieces and moving them to a difference location. 

This is an example of what two processes? 

What are erosion and deposition?

400

The earth squeezes and heats rocks to create this type of rock. 

What is metamorphic?

400

Name the process that forms igneous rocks.

What is crystallization or cooling?

400

List the steps in the water cycle! 

What are evaporation, transpiration, condensation, precipitation, run-off, groundwater, collection?

500

Choose the part of the passage that describes weather.

Chad is a country in northern Africa. Summers in Chad are hot. A large part of the country is covered by desert. A high temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded there last summer. 

What is "a high temperature of 43 degrees Celsius was recorded there last summer."

500
Name the process ice breaking in chunks from the edge of a glacier. 

What is glacier calving?

500

What is the term for rocks that have layered structures (like ribbons). 

What is foliation?

500

Classify the following as sedimentary, metamorphic, or igneous? (quartzite)

What is metamorphic?

500

Most weather is located in this layer of the atmosphere.

What is the Troposphere?