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RBMS 7th grade
RBMS 7th grade Earth Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kinetic Energy | Energy of Movement |
| Potential Energy | Stored energy |
| Renewable Resources | Relating to a natural resource that is never used up or that can be replaced by new growth. |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Relating to a natural resource(petroleum)that cannot be replaced once it has been used. |
| Inexhaustible Resources | incapable of being entirely consumed or used up |
| Weathering | Any of the chemical or mechanical processes by which rocks exposed to the weather undergo changes in character and break down. |
| Erosion | The gradual wearing away of land surface materials, especially rocks, sediments, and soils, by the action of water, wind, or a glacier |
| Deposition | The accumulation or laying down of matter by a natural process, as the laying down of sediments in a river |
| Tornado | A destructive swirling wind with funnel-shaped clouds |
| Earthquakes | Shaking of the Earth caused by the shifting of tectonic plates |
| Landslides | a slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff |
| Meteorite Impact | An asteroid from space coming in contact with Earth |
| Wildfire | any large fire that spreads rapidly and is hard to extinguish |
| Tsunami | A huge sea waves caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide |
| Volcano | Build up of pressure within a type of mountain that results in the spewing of hot molten rock |
| Hurricane | A type of thunderstorm with winds in excess of 74 mph |
| Drought | A long period of dryness and lack of precipitation in an area |
| Flooding | An excess of water in a given area or an overflow of water out of a body of water |
| Blizzard | A violent snowstorm with winds blowing at a minimum speed of 35 mph and visibility of less than one-quarter mile for three hours. |
| Equilibrium | A condition in which all influences acting cancel each other, so that a static or balanced situation results. |