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land-forms study
land-forms, alternative energy, & more
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Coal | Made from swampy plants |
| Produced | brought into existence or created |
| Steps | a stage in a process |
| Sediment | The tiny crumbs of rocks, soils, shells and the remains of organisms. |
| Organisms | a living thing |
| Animals | an organism that is made of many cells, breathes oxygen, eats other organisms, and can move on its own. |
| Plants | an organism that is made of many cells, makes its own food through photosynthesis, and lives on land |
| Pressure | force or weight being put onto an object for a long period of time |
| Peat | partially decayed plant matter |
| Lignate | a type of coal |
| Associated | objects or ideas that are connected, similar, or related to |
| Formation | an act of giving form or shape to |
| Compaction | The pressing together of sediments |
| Cementation | Sticking together like glue |
| Melting | changing from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat |
| Petrified | a fossil that formed when the hard parts of an organism are replaced by minerals |
| Diagram | a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes |
| Process | a continuing natural activity or function that lead toward a particular result |
| Thawing | to go from a frozen to a liquid state or melt |
| Chemical change | a change that produces a new substance. |
| Chemical reaction | the changes that happen to substances during a chemical change |
| Tsunamis | A giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean |
| Weathering | The wearing a way of sediments by water, wind, waves, ice or gravity |
| Erosion | The carrying away of sediments by water, waves, wind, ice or gravity |
| Deposition | The dropping of sediments to a new location |
| Natural resource | A resource that is found in nature that is useful to humans |
| Igneous rock | rock that formed from cooled magma or lava |
| Tourist | one that takes a tour for fun or culture |
| Landscape | the landforms of a region |
| River delta | A large flat areas of land at the mouth of a river created by deposition of sediment |
| Tide | Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon |
| Branches | a stream that flows into another usually larger stream |
| Vegetation | plant life |
| Fossil fuels | Fuels formed from the remains of prehistoric animals and plants |
| Biofuels | Energy from living organisms or their waste. Hay, manure, corn oil, wood |
| Solar energy | Energy from the sun |
| Geothermal energy | Using heat from magma and water under the ground |
| Generates | produce |
| Wind farm | an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines that generate electrical energy |
| Alternative Energy | An energy resource that is used instead of fossil fuels |
| Criticized | to find faults or problems with |
| Impacted | strongly or directly affected by something |
| Photovoltaic | the generation of electricity with solar energy |
| Array | a large group of one type of thing. Examples an army of solders or a stand of pecan trees |
| Ocean waves | Ridges of water that move across water that transports sediments |
| Sand Dunes | A mound of sand deposited by wind. |
| Debris | the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed |
| Wedged | a simple machine made of a flat, sloping surface that moves. |
| Smashed | broken to pieces |
| Bedrock | the solid rock that lies under the surface of the ground |
| Valley | an area of low land between hills or mountains |
| Glacier | A large slow moving body of ice that deposits minerals and carves out a "U" shape valley |
| Hurricane | a very large and violent tropical storm. |
| Non-renewable | Can NOT be replaced in a short amount of time |
| Renewable | Can be replaced in a short amount of time |
| Nuclear energy | energy given off when the nucleus or center of an atom breaks apart. |
| Uranium | a mineral that is mined from the ground and is used for nuclear energy. |
| Landform | A natural feature found on the Earth's surface |
| Canyon | A deep valley caused by a river flowing through it |
| Landform Process of Change | weather, pressure, water, wind moving sheets of ice |
| Compression | a force that presses or squeezes |
| Stalactites | Finger like formation from mineral slowly depositing from the roof of a cave |
| Stalagmites | Finger like cave formations formed by slow deposition that build up from the ground |
| Cave | A large underground chamber, typically of nature |
| Oil/petroleum and natural gas | Made from dead plants and animals |
| Mesa | A landform that is flat on top |
| Desert Arch | Formed by wind picking up sand and blasting a hole in the rock |
| Conservation | The wise use and protection of natural resources |
| Precipitation | Another word for drizzle/rain/snow |
| Run off | when the rain falls and the ground can no longer soak it all up the water flows over the surface of the ground until it finds a stream |
| Decompose | to cause something (such as dead plants and the bodies of dead animals) to be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes |
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Justin.magers
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