Earth Science Vocabulary

Term: slow process

• occur over very short lengths of time are measured in seconds, minutes, hours, or days

• plants and animals that were brought into a particular area

• a resource that takes a long time to renew such as metals, rocks, and fossil fuels such as oil, coal, or gas

• processes take years. Some take just a few years, while others can take millions of years.

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Definition: a resource that takes a long time to renew such as metals, rocks, and fossil fuels such as oil, coal, or gas

• fossil fuels

• fast process

• geothermal energy

• nonrenewable resource

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Definition: occur over very short lengths of time are measured in seconds, minutes, hours, or days

• constructive process

• slow process

• fast process

• renewable resource

Definition: depositing bits of rock and soil by water or even wind.

• A) erosion

• B) deposition

• C) cementation

• D) condensation

Definition: a resource that can form again such as sunlight, plants, and animals.

• A) nonrenewable resource

• B) fast process

• C) fossil fuels

• D) renewable resource

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Term: native species.

• A) plants and animals that were brought into a particular area

• B) plants and animals that normally live in an area

• C) depositing bits of rock and soil by water or even wind

• D) plants and animals that were brought into a particular area.

What is weathering?

• depositing bits of rock and soil by water or even wind

• the movement of sediment from one place to another

• process of breaking down rocks into smaller pieces

• a slow moving mass of ice and snow that moves across the land

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is erosion?

• the movement of water

• the movement of sediment from one place to another

• the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

• turns loose sediment into a sedimentary rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

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What are nonnative species?

• plants and animals that were brought into a particular area

• a resource that can form again such as sunlight, plants, and animals

• plants and animals that normally live in an area

• plants and animals that normally live in an area

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Definition: a useful material that comes from the earth

• native species

• fossil fuels

• erosion

• natural resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1