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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Forms from deposited land at the mouth of a river | Delta |
| The remains or traces of an organism from the past | Fossil |
| The carrying away of sediments to a new location | Erosion |
| A resource that can be replaced over time | Renewable |
| Heat from within the Earth (geysers and volcanoes) | Geothermal |
| Energy from living organism or their waste | Biofuel/biomass |
| Turning or spinning on axis | Rotation |
| The process of changing from a gas to a liquid | Condensation |
| The action of one object moving completely around another in an orbital path | Revolution |
| The process of changing from a liquid to a gas | Evaporation |
| A measure of heat | Temperature |
| A science tool used to observe very distant objects | Telescope |
| The 8 planets, their moons and other objects that orbit the Sun | Solar System |
| Caused by the tilt of the Earth | Seasons |
| The conditions of the atmosphere on a daily basis | Weather |
| The air that surrounds the Earth | Atmosphere |
| The conditions of the atmosphere in a certain place over a long period of time | Climate |
| Snow, sleet, rain, hail and drizzle | Precipitation |
| The amount of matter in an object | Mass |
| A material that does not allow energy to pass through easily | Insulator |
| Measures how much of a certain substance will dissolve in another substance | Solubility |
| A material that allows energy to pass through it easily | Conductor |