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All Of Earth
All of Earth Review
Question | Answer |
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The dropping of sediments to a new location | Deposition |
This kind of soil holds in the most moisture and very sticky | Clay |
The pressure of pressing sediments together to make rock | Compaction |
Becomes a liquid when heat is applied | Melting |
Resources that CAN NOT be replaced in a short amount of time | Non Reneweable |
Made a U-shaped valley | Glacier |
The wearing away of sediments by wind, water, waves and ice | Weathering |
A mixture of all the soils. Great for planting | Loam |
When water turns to a gas | Evaporation |
Energy from the Sun | Solar |
The gradual gathering of rain or snow | Accumulation |
Oil, silver, gold, diamonds and coal | Non Renewable Resource |
Created by deposition at the mouth of a river to make new land | Delta |
A device that measures air pressure | Barometer |
When gas turns back into a liquid | Condensation |
To spin | Rotate or rotation |
When the sun begins to rise in the ____________ | East |
Caused by the gravitational pull of the Earth and moon | Tides |
When the sun sets in the _________ | West |
Caused by the tilt of the Earth | Seasons |
How much of our Earth is covered in water | 75% |
To move all the way around | Revolve or revolution |
3rd planet from the Sun | Earth |
Caused by the Earth's rotation or spinning on axis once every 24 hours | Day/Night Cycle |
An imaginary line in which the body rotates | Axis |
365 days | 1 Year |
The Earth's only natural satellite | Moon |
The time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the Sun | 1 year/365 days |
First planet from the Sun | Mercury |
The Center of our Solar System | Sun |
The moving or carrying a way of sediments to a new location | Erosion |
Sticking together like glue | Cementation |
The time it takes for the Earth to make one rotation | 24 hours |
Gravity or water pulls rocks and soil down hills or mountains | Landslide |
Silky and softer than sand | Silt |
The weather over a long period of time | Climate |
The day to day conditions of our atmosphere | Weather |