Unit 1.1
Slides in this set (14)
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- A layer of gas above the
- earths surface
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- The process in which sediments
- drop out of a moving stream of
- water, air or ice
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- The removal of sediments away
- from the place of the formation
- or deposition
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- A natural gas released from coal
- by fracking
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- A form of mining in which water
- and other chemicals are pumped into rocks causing them to break and release a non-renewable resource
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- The process of breaking rocks
- down into smaller pieces
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- The decaying of plants and
- animals
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- A rock formed by the cooling
- of molten rock
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- Substances that are
- found in rocks
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What are Non-Renewable resources
- A resource that takes longer than
- the average human lifespan to be replaced
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- The way the plants make their own
- food
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- A Substance that satisfies a need
- or a purpose
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- Substances that are moved and mixed together to form layers on the earths surface
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- Rocks that are formed when sediments are compacted together
- forming layers on the earth