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- what is geology
- the sructure of the earths physical structure and history
- what is the crusts surface made out of
- rocks and minerals
- what is minerals
- broken up rocks basic form ingrediants
- rocks are made up of how many minerals
- 2 or 3
- name three rock types
- igaeous sedimentry metamorphic
- how old is the igaeous rock
- young
- what is igaeous rock made of
- formed by volcanic activity
- how old is sedimentry
- middle
- what is sedimentry made from
- formed on earths surface
- metamorphic is how old
- oldest
- how is metamorphic rock formed
- fored from other rocks, squeezing and pressing together
- what is climate
- weather pattern an area experiences over a long period of time
- how does water cycle
- it turns into a gas from heat then stays in the clouds and falls then starts all over again
- what holds heat on the earth
- the atmospere and carbon dioxide
- describe three causes of acid rain
- burning force burning gas burning trsh anything that polutes the air
- what is the break down of rocks
- weathering
- when ice gets into cracks of rocks what is it called
- frost wedging
- when the roots go through the rocks what is it called
- root wedging
- the condition of the atmosphere over a short period of time is called what
- weather
- what is the date of summer solstice
- june 21
- what is the wrod equinox mean
- equal night
- on the equinox the most driect rays of light hit what
- equator
- how long does it take to make the earth to go fully around the sun
- 365 1/4
- during the winter solstice the suns hit what
- capricorn
- when the earths rotation defkects or bends the earths wind is called what
- corliolus effect
- what are the three steps of the water cycle
- evaporation condousation precipitation
- what is the climate influenced by
- the sun,the tilt of te earth, wind currents, living on the coast, water cycle (precipitation), elevation
- what is continental divide
- it is the boundary that seperates rivers flowing toward opposite side of a continent
- how is the earths heat distributed
- convenction
- what are the three types of zones
- tropic polar temperate
- what causes day and night
- the rotation of the earth
- what causes seasons
- the earths tilt
- what is weather
- condition of the bottom layer of the earths atmospere in one place over a short period of time
- what is the source of the earths climates and weather
- sun
- what is erosion
- movement of weathered materials such as gravel soil sand
- what causes erosion
- wind water glaciers
- what does water do
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water carries sediment, which helps carve out canyons, and valleys
moving water is the greatest cause of erosion - what does wind do
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second major cause of erosion
carries sediment and puts it somewhere else - what does glacier do
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hose, slow moving sheets of ice
carries dirt rocks and boulders
create morainers - what are the most common causes of erosion
- wind water glaciers
- what is loess
- the wind blown deposits of mineral rich dust and silt
- what is moraines
- when glaciers melted and receded in some places they left behind ridge like piles of rock
- what is conferous
- the northern forests are named conferous after the cones that carry and protect their seeds
- what is chaparral
- another distinctive forest type which includes small evergreen trees and low bushes or scrub
- what is savannas
- a tropical grassland with scuttered tree located in warm areas
- what is tundra
- where temperatures area always cool or cold
- what is fronts
- the boundary between two masses of airthat differ in density
- what are the two dates of soltice
- june or december 21
- what are the two dates of equinox
- march or september 21
- what the steps of hydrologic cycle
- evaporation condounsation precipitation
- how does the human impact effect the climate
- polution gas burning force ect
- what are the three types of precipitation
- convectional oragraphic frontal
- what is chemical weathering
- the procees by which the actual chemical structure or rock is changed, usually when water and carbon dioxide cause a breakdown of the rock
- what is physical weathering
- the actual breaking up or physical weaking by forces such as ice and roots
- why is it colder the higher you are
- because you are farther from the wrmth your closer to space which is freezing
- what is the winds role
- it is supposed to move the temperatures around creating high and low pressure areas
- what is the currents role
- it is supposed to help distribute heat