Term | Definition |
Coal | Made from swampy plants |
Produced | brought into existence or created |
Steps | a stage in a process |
Sediment | The tiny crumbs of rocks, soils, shells and the remains of organisms. |
Organisms | a living thing |
Animals | an organism that is made of many cells, breathes oxygen, eats other organisms, and can move on its own. |
Plants | an organism that is made of many cells, makes its own food through photosynthesis, and lives on land |
Pressure | force or weight being put onto an object for a long period of time |
Peat | partially decayed plant matter |
Lignate | a type of coal |
Associated | objects or ideas that are connected, similar, or related to |
Formation | an act of giving form or shape to |
Compaction | The pressing together of sediments |
Cementation | Sticking together like glue |
Melting | changing from a solid to a liquid state usually by heat |
Petrified | a fossil that formed when the hard parts of an organism are replaced by minerals |
Diagram | a line drawing made for mathematical or scientific purposes |
Process | a continuing natural activity or function that lead toward a particular result |
Thawing | to go from a frozen to a liquid state or melt |
Chemical change | a change that produces a new substance. |
Chemical reaction | the changes that happen to substances during a chemical change |
Tsunamis | A giant wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean |
Weathering | The wearing a way of sediments by water, wind, waves, ice or gravity |
Erosion | The carrying away of sediments by water, waves, wind, ice or gravity |
Deposition | The dropping of sediments to a new location |
Natural resource | A resource that is found in nature that is useful to humans |
Igneous rock | rock that formed from cooled magma or lava |
Tourist | one that takes a tour for fun or culture |
Landscape | the landforms of a region |
River delta | A large flat areas of land at the mouth of a river created by deposition of sediment |
Tide | Caused by the gravitational pull of the moon |
Branches | a stream that flows into another usually larger stream |
Vegetation | plant life |
Fossil fuels | Fuels formed from the remains of prehistoric animals and plants |
Biofuels | Energy from living organisms or their waste. Hay, manure, corn oil, wood |
Solar energy | Energy from the sun |
Geothermal energy | Using heat from magma and water under the ground |
Generates | produce |
Wind farm | an area of land with a cluster of wind turbines that generate electrical energy |
Alternative Energy | An energy resource that is used instead of fossil fuels |
Criticized | to find faults or problems with |
Impacted | strongly or directly affected by something |
Photovoltaic | the generation of electricity with solar energy |
Array | a large group of one type of thing. Examples an army of solders or a stand of pecan trees |
Ocean waves | Ridges of water that move across water that transports sediments |
Sand Dunes | A mound of sand deposited by wind. |
Debris | the pieces that are left after something has been destroyed |
Wedged | a simple machine made of a flat, sloping surface that moves. |
Smashed | broken to pieces |
Bedrock | the solid rock that lies under the surface of the ground |
Valley | an area of low land between hills or mountains |
Glacier | A large slow moving body of ice that deposits minerals and carves out a "U" shape valley |
Hurricane | a very large and violent tropical storm. |
Non-renewable | Can NOT be replaced in a short amount of time |
Renewable | Can be replaced in a short amount of time |
Nuclear energy | energy given off when the nucleus or center of an atom breaks apart. |
Uranium | a mineral that is mined from the ground and is used for nuclear energy. |
Landform | A natural feature found on the Earth's surface |
Canyon | A deep valley caused by a river flowing through it |
Landform Process of Change | weather, pressure, water, wind moving sheets of ice |
Compression | a force that presses or squeezes |
Stalactites | Finger like formation from mineral slowly depositing from the roof of a cave |
Stalagmites | Finger like cave formations formed by slow deposition that build up from the ground |
Cave | A large underground chamber, typically of nature |
Oil/petroleum and natural gas | Made from dead plants and animals |
Mesa | A landform that is flat on top |
Desert Arch | Formed by wind picking up sand and blasting a hole in the rock |
Conservation | The wise use and protection of natural resources |
Precipitation | Another word for drizzle/rain/snow |
Run off | when the rain falls and the ground can no longer soak it all up the water flows over the surface of the ground until it finds a stream |
Decompose | to cause something (such as dead plants and the bodies of dead animals) to be slowly destroyed and broken down by natural processes |