Natural Resources 1 Study Card

What forces change the physical features of the Earth's surface?

• Water, wind, and ice

• The remains of once living organisms

• Solar energy

• The greenhouse effect

What are weathering, erosion, and deposition?

• Weathering:dropping sediment in a new place, Erosion: breaking of rock, Deposition: the movement of sediment

• Weathering: the movement of sediment, Erosion: the breaking of rock, Deposition: dropping sediment in a new place

• Weathering:breaking of rock, Erosion:the movement of sediment, Deposition:dropping sediment in a new place

• Weathering: breaking of rock, Erosion:dropping sediment in a new place

What can help slow down wind erosion on land?

• Sun: the heat will help retain the soil

• Water: the water will help retain the soil

• Animals: the animals will help retain the soil

• Plants: the roots help retain the soil

What landforms does water erosion create?

• Sand dunes

• Rivers, Valleys, Canyons, Deltas, Caves

• U-shaped valleys

• Island

How does wind erosion affect landforms?

• creates canyons

• shapes rivers

• shapes mountains, creates sand dunes

• creates deltas

What landforms does glacier erosion create?

• Sand dunes

• Canyons

• Deltas

• U-Shape Valleys (wide valley)

Beginning with the outermost layer, what are the layers of the Earth?

• Crust, Mantle, Core

• Core, Crust, Mantle

• Mantle, Core, Crust

• Crust, Core, Mantle

What are fossils?

• The remains of once living organisms.

• breaking of rock

• coal, oil, natural gas

• resources that can never be used up

What are the fossil fuels?

• Coal:from plants in swamps, Oil: from plants in swamps, Natural Gas: from plants & animals in the ocean

• Coal: from plants & animals in the ocean, Oil: from plants in swamps, Natural Gas: from plants & animal in the ocean

• Coal: from plants in swamps, Oil: from plants & animals in the ocean, Natural Gas: from plants in swamps

• Coal:from plants in swamps, Oil:from plants & animals in the ocean Natural Gas:from plants & animals in the ocean