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Earth Science
Married Words Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| weathering | breaking down of rocks |
| erosion | movement of sediment |
| deposition | dropping off of sediment in a new location |
| river | canyon |
| glacier | valleys and lakes |
| lava | new land |
| dunes | build up of sand by wind |
| delta | deposits of fertile soil at the mouth of a river |
| sedimentary | fossils, layers, compaction |
| igneous | cooled lava |
| metamorphic | heat and pressure |
| organism | living thing |
| renewable | replace |
| nonrenewable | can't replace |
| alternative | in place of fossil fuels |
| petroleum | oil |
| hydro | water |
| geo | earth |
| climate | long period of time; average |
| weather | daily |
| repeat | reliability |
| variable | an element of the experiment that changes |
| evaporation | liquid to gas |
| condensation | gas to liquid |
| lunar | moon/month/27.3 days |
| rotate | day/24 hours |
| revolve | year/365 1/4 days |
| seasons | revolution/tilt |
| tides | gravitational pull of the moon |