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3rd Earth Science
Vocabulary from Unit 2 Scott Foresman Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a small amount of water found in the air as an invisible gas? | water vapor |
| What is water that seeps through the soil and collects in spaces between rocks? | Groundwater |
| What is a place with wet or water covered ground called? | Wetland |
| What is the process of a liquid becoming a gas called? | Evaporation |
| What is the process called when water vapor in the air is turned back into a liquid called? | Condensation |
| What is the movement of water from Earth's surface into the air and back called? | Water cycle |
| What is the name for water that falls back to the Earth? | Precipitation |
| The condition of the air, or what it's like outside is what? | Weather |
| What is the name of the blanket of air that surrounds the Earth? | The atmosphere |
| What is the name of the huge storm that forms over water with strong winds and heavy rain? | Hurricane |
| What is the name of a spinning funnel shaped column of air that forms on land beneath thunderstorm clouds? | Tornado |
| What is a winter storm with low temperatures and lots of blowing snow? | Blizzard |
| A natural, solid, nonliving material that makes up the earth, is what? | Rock |
| This type of rock is formed from fire. | Igneous rock |
| This type of rock is formed in layers and often contains fossils. | Sedimentary |
| This type of rock is changed from another form of rock by heat, pressure, or both. | Metamorphic rock |
| The thin layer of loose material that covers most of Earth's land. | Soil |
| The process where living things in the soil break down the remains of plants and animals. | Decay |
| Things released by decay that plants need in order to grow. | Nutrients |
| A type of soil that contains sand, silt, clay and often humus. It is a good soil for growing plants. | Loam |
| The outer layer of the Earth. | The crust |
| The middle layer of the Earth, it is made of hot igneous and metamorphic rock. | The mantle |
| The name for the innermost layer of the Earth, it is made of metal. | The core |
| The name for any solid feature on the Earth's crust, mountains, hills, valleys. | Landforms |
| What is the name of the hot pasty rock that moves in Earth's mantle? | Magma |
| The molten rock that erupts from a volcano. | Lava |
| Water and plants that slowly breaks rocks into smaller pieces is called what? | Weathering |
| What is the movement of weathered material by wind, water, or glaciers to another place called? | Erosion |
| Materials from the Earth that living things need. | Natural resources |
| Resources that can be replaced in a fairly short time. | Renewable resources |
| A resource that can't be replaced, like coal, oil or natural gas. | Nonrenewable resource |
| The wise use of natural resources so that people don't waste them or use them up. | Conservation |
| A way to conserve resources that changes something so it can be used again. | Recycle |
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hkloepper
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