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Earth Science
Married Words Review
Term | Definition |
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weathering | breaking down of rocks |
erosion | movement of sediment |
deposition | dropping off of sediment in a new location |
river | canyon |
glacier | valleys and lakes |
lava | new land |
dunes | build up of sand by wind |
delta | deposits of fertile soil at the mouth of a river |
sedimentary | fossils, layers, compaction |
igneous | cooled lava |
metamorphic | heat and pressure |
organism | living thing |
renewable | replace |
nonrenewable | can't replace |
alternative | in place of fossil fuels |
petroleum | oil |
hydro | water |
geo | earth |
climate | long period of time; average |
weather | daily |
repeat | reliability |
variable | an element of the experiment that changes |
evaporation | liquid to gas |
condensation | gas to liquid |
lunar | moon/month/27.3 days |
rotate | day/24 hours |
revolve | year/365 1/4 days |
seasons | revolution/tilt |
tides | gravitational pull of the moon |