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Mechanical weathering
Ice Wedging
Talus
Exfoliation
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into…
Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then fr…
a sloping mass of rock fragments at the foot of a cliff.
A mechanical weathering process which removes protruding overl…
Mechanical weathering
The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into…
Ice Wedging
Process that splits rock when water seeps into cracks, then fr…
Canyon
Delta
Deposition
Erosion
a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river flo…
a fan shaped landform created by deposits of sediments and fou…
the process of dropping or depositing sediment in a new locati…
the process of moving sediment from one place to another
Canyon
a deep, narrow valley with steep sides, often with a river flo…
Delta
a fan shaped landform created by deposits of sediments and fou…
Fuel
Fossil Fuels
Natural Resource
Non-renewable resource
_________ is a substance that is burned to release it's stored…
__________ are fuels formed from decayed plants and animals th…
A ___________________ is a useful material taken from the envi…
Substances that cannot easily be replaced one they are used ar…
Fuel
_________ is a substance that is burned to release it's stored…
Fossil Fuels
__________ are fuels formed from decayed plants and animals th…
Mechanical Weathering
Frost Wedging
Talus
Exfoliation
breaking down of rocks by physical forces, like pressure, ice…
The mechanical breakup of rock caused by the expansion of free…
An accumulation of rock debris at the base of a cliff
A mechanical weathering process which removes protuding overly…
Mechanical Weathering
breaking down of rocks by physical forces, like pressure, ice…
Frost Wedging
The mechanical breakup of rock caused by the expansion of free…
Fossil Fuels
Cooling tower
Turbine
Generator
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remai…
Cools down the steam inside the turbine and turns it back into…
Set of steam-powered fan blades that spins a generator at a po…
A machine that converts movement energy from the turbine into…
Fossil Fuels
Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remai…
Cooling tower
Cools down the steam inside the turbine and turns it back into…
Fossil fuels
Cooling towers
Furnace
Kinetic energy
A finite source of prehistoric fossils that can be turned into…
The steam is released from the turbines and turned from gas ba…
The fossil fuels are burned and generate heat.
Electricity
Fossil fuels
A finite source of prehistoric fossils that can be turned into…
Cooling towers
The steam is released from the turbines and turned from gas ba…
net energy
crude oil
nuclear fusion
refining
the amount of usable energy left once the energy is made avail…
black, gooey liquid containing a mixture of combustible hydroc…
energy produced when the nuclei of two isotopes of a light ele…
process by which oil is heated to separate it into various fue…
net energy
the amount of usable energy left once the energy is made avail…
crude oil
black, gooey liquid containing a mixture of combustible hydroc…
passive solar heating system
photovoltaic cell
hydrogen fuel cell
biomass
system that absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly with…
the wafer of purified silicon or polycrystalline silicon with…
device that uses hydrogen gas as a fuel to produce electricity…
plant materials that can be burned as a solid fuel or converte…
passive solar heating system
system that absorbs and stores heat from the sun directly with…
photovoltaic cell
the wafer of purified silicon or polycrystalline silicon with…
fuel
energy transformation
combustion
fossil fuel
a substance that provides a form of energy- such as heat, ligh…
when fuels are burned, chemical energy is released as heat and…
the process of burning a fuel
energy-rich substances formed from the remains of once-living…
fuel
a substance that provides a form of energy- such as heat, ligh…
energy transformation
when fuels are burned, chemical energy is released as heat and…
Combustion
Fossil Fuels
Reserves
Nonrenewable Resource
process of burning something
Organic, energy-rich substances formed by remains of once livi…
A known deposit of a lot of fuels
Natural Resource that cannot be replaced after it is used
Combustion
process of burning something
Fossil Fuels
Organic, energy-rich substances formed by remains of once livi…
fossil fuels
coal, oil, natural gas
hydrocarbons
fuel
energy rich substances formed from the remains
three major fossil fuels
chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms
substance that provides such as heat, light, motion, electrici…
fossil fuels
energy rich substances formed from the remains
coal, oil, natural gas
three major fossil fuels
scythes
waterwheel
coral
algae
tools used for cutting grass and crops
a large wheel turned by water that was used in the past to pow…
groups of hard skeletons of tiny sea creatures
water plants that have no roots or stems
scythes
tools used for cutting grass and crops
waterwheel
a large wheel turned by water that was used in the past to pow…
Solar Panels
Hydroelectric Plants
Wind Farms
Nuclear Power
photovoltaic cells that can convert the sun's energy into elec…
dams that using moving water to turn turbines, RENEWABLE
a large group of fan blades that catch wind energy and turn tu…
Breaking atoms creates intense heat that is used to power a st…
Solar Panels
photovoltaic cells that can convert the sun's energy into elec…
Hydroelectric Plants
dams that using moving water to turn turbines, RENEWABLE
Weathering
Erosion
Deposition
Sedimentary Rock
Physical or chemical process that breaks down rock
Moving material from place to place
Occurs when an agent of erosion drops or deposits it load of s…
These rocks can form when existing rock is weathered, eroded,…
Weathering
Physical or chemical process that breaks down rock
Erosion
Moving material from place to place
natural resources
renewable resources
deforestation
reforestation
material that is part of the earth that people need and value
resources that nature can replace
happens when forest are not replaced as fast as they are cut d…
planting new trees
natural resources
material that is part of the earth that people need and value
renewable resources
resources that nature can replace