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Stack #4681980
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define conservation | saving of natural resources |
| Define nonrenewable | can't be replenish |
| Define renewable | can replenish it set in a short amount of time |
| Define weathering | the wearing down of rocks |
| Define erosion | when rocks/ solid are moved |
| Define deposition | when rocks/ sediment is layed down in a new place |
| Define weather | the state of the atmosphere at any given time |
| Define climate | the pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time |
| Hydrosphere | water |
| Geosphere | rocks |
| Atmosphere | air |
| Biosphere | life |
| Tell one way the hydrosphere affects the biosphere | Living things from the biosphere need water from the hydrosphere to live |
| In the summer, sunlight heats the land faster than the oceans. Cool breezes blow from the ocean towards the land. The land that is close to a body of water will have ____________ temperatures than land that is inland. | cooler |
| If waves continually hit a cliff, over the course of many years it may start to wear away. What two vocabulary terms from the previous page are most important in causing this change __________ and __________ | erosion and weathering |
| If these sediments are moved out to sea or carried by the wind, and deposited somewhere else, what term from the previous page best describes what is happening. | deposition |
| Most of earth is made up of _______ water. | salt |
| Even though most of Earth's surface is covered by water, only a small amount of Earth is made up of _________ water that people can drink. | fresh |
| Lots of this water is _________ as glaciers or found underground, so in many places there is not enough water for people to drink. | frozen |
| Circle the form of freshwater that is most easily accessible and usable | Surface water |
| What are 3 ways that mining can affect the land | create pollution, cause caves in, displace plants/ animals |
| Sort the following forms of energy in renewable/ nonrenewable | RENEWABLE: wind, solar, water NONRENEWABLE: coal oil natural gas |
| If AMS was looking to provide energy to the school with the least impact the environment which specific forms of energy from the table above would be beneficial to use? | wind/ solar |
| How could people help a forest that had many trees die because of acid rain? | replant trees find the source of the pollution and fix it |
| How might using fertilizer can affect organisms living in the ocean? | fertilizer will run off the land into the ocean |
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