SYG Vocab Test

What is a mixture of weathered rock, water, air and organic material?

Dirt

Climate

Soil

Weather

What is the definition for weather?

The general weather conditions in the atmosphere over a long period of time.

The breaking down of rocks due to a physical cause such as wind, water, tree roots, and frost.

The conditions in the atmosphere like the temperature and other natural conditions at a particular time.

What is all the material in the universe that has mass and takes up space?

Soil

Matter

Water Cycle

Ice Wedging (Frost Action)

What is the cycle of processes when water circulates between the oceans, the earth's atmosphere and land?

Topographic Map

Matter

Water Cycle

Index Line

What is the breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces due to chemical reactions and changes?

Mechanical Weathering

Ice Wedging (Frost Action)

Oxidation

Chemical Weathering

What is when cracks in rock or earth fill with water that freezes and expands causing the rock to break?

Ice Wedging (Frost Action)

Erosion

Plain

Deposition

What is the breaking down of rocks due to a physical cause such as wind, water, tree roots, and frost?

Mountain

Mechanical Weathering

Contour Line

Elevation

What is oxidation?

A large flat area of land.

To combine oxygen, ot make something combine with oxygen, especially in a way that causes rust.

The height above or below the level of the sea.

What is to remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, then transport, it away to another location?

Topographic Map

Contour Line

Erosion

Index Line

What is the natural process of dropping or depositing rocks or soil in a different place?

Depostition

Elevation

Oxidation

Mechanical Weathering

What is flat land area with steep eroded sides that raises sharply above other nearby land?

Plain

Plateau

Index Line

Topographic Map

What is a large flat area of land?

Chemical Weathering

Matter

Mass

Plain

What is a type of map that shows changes in elevation using contour lines?

Contour Line

Topographic Map

Index LIne

Elevation

What is a line on a topogrphic map that shows points that are of equal heights above sea level?

Index Line

Mountain

Contour Line

Elevation

What is a large landform with a steep change in elevation of the earth's surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level?

Mountain

Plain

Plateau

Oxidation

What is the general weather conditions in the atmosphere over a long period of time?

Weather

Climate

Chemical Weathering

Mechanical Weathering

What is a contour line on a topographic map that is thicker than the rest and usually labeled with elevation that it represents?

Contour LIne

Elevation

Topographic Map

Index Line

What is the height above or below the level of the sea?

Elevation

Oxidation

Matter

Soil

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