Is the water cycle a nonrenewable or renewable resource.
What is renewable
100
only eats meat
What is carnivore
100
preserved remains or traces of living things
What is fossils
100
define lithosphere
What is solid part of earth (land)
200
The putting down of sediment
What is deposition
200
Step that is necessary for cloud formation
What is condensation
200
eats both plants and meat
What is omnivore
200
Will sediment be a constructive force on the inside or outside of a meander and why
What is inside and it is slower
200
Why do we have seasons
What is tilt of earths axis
300
End product of weathering
What is soil formation
300
The source of energy for the water cycle
What is the sun
300
make their own food for primary consumers. Are always green (containing chlorophyll and able to undergo the process of photosynthesis).
What is autotroph (producers)
300
3 factors that increase weathering
What is climate, size, type of rock
300
maximum distance one can travel east or west
What is 180
400
Name 4 types of mechanical weathering
What is abrasion, frost action, plants, and animals
400
Which process occurs if the ground does not allow water to infiltrate
What is runoff
400
Are always consumers and top of a food chain because they hunt and feed on weaker organisms.
What are predators
400
an example of a destructive force
What is anything that causes weathering
400
Describe the difference in terms of precipitation between the windward and leeward side of a mountain.
What is The windward side of the mountain (the side facing the wind) is always receives a higher average amount of precipitation than the leeward (opposite wind) side.
500
3 factors that increase the rate of weathering
What is surface area, type of climate, and type of rock
500
Identify the force that allows water to get into the soil
What is permeability
500
Define decomposer and how it relates to weathering and erosion
What is break down dead plant and animal remains into their simples elements (carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen). Returns nutrients back into soil and environment
500
4 types of physical weathering
What is abrasion, frost action, plants, and animals