Question | Answer |
What causes most sediment to wash in a river? | Mass Movement and Runoff |
Where do ocean waves get their energy? | From the wind that blows across the surface. |
How do water molecules move through the water? | Up and down |
What is a rivers flow? | The volume of water in a river at a given time. |
Who is Alfred Wegener? | A German scientist who created the theory of continental drift. |
What is continental drift? | The idea that the continents were once joined in one single landmass and have since moved apart. |
Why was Wegener's theory rejected? | He could not identify the cause of the continents moving. |
What causes Earth's tectonic plates to move? | Convection currents. |
What is a mid ocean ridge? | An underwater mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced. They are found in all oceans. |
Where does air pollution come from? | Burning fossil fuels. |
What is lake effect snow? | When cool dry air moves across warm water, and back over land. |
What is the biggest safety concern during a snowstorm? | High winds |
What does a cold front look like? | Triangles |
What does a warm front look like? | Half circles |
What clouds do thunderstorms form in? | Large cumulonimbus clouds |
How do we collect weather datas? | Balloons and satellites |
Where do hurricanes form? | Over warm ocean water |