1. 1 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 150 200 250 500 100 Energy Processes That Change The Earth Resource Source Cycles Go Round and Round Potpourri

2. 2 Reflection

3. 3 What is… The bouncing of light rays off an object (such as tinted windows)

4. 4 Conductor

5. 5 What is… Material that allows heat energy, sound energy, or electric energy to flow through it

6. 6 Refraction

7. 7 What is …. The bending of light rays as they pass through a substance (such as a lens)

8. 8 Insulator

9. 9 What is… a material that does not allow heat energy, sound energy, or electrical energy to flow through it

10. 10 Lens

11. 11 What is… A curved piece of plastic or other clear material; can be convex (makes things appear bigger) or concave (makes things appear smaller)

12. 12 Deposition

13. 13 What is… the dropping, or depositing, of sediment

14. 14 Erosion

15. 15 What is… the carrying of sediment from one place to another by wind, water, or ice

16. 16 Weathering

17. 17 What is… the breaking up of rocks into sediment by wind, water, or ice

18. 18 Constructive Force

19. 19 What is … a force that builds something up (example: minerals in a cave build up stalagmites and stalagtites)

20. 20 Destructive Force

21. 21 What is … A force that breaks down objects

22. 22 Trees, animals, soil

23. 23 What are …. Renewable Resources

24. 24 Fossil fuels, minerals

25. 25 What are … Nonrenewable Resources

26. 26 Solar Energy, Hydroelectric Energy, Wind Energy

27. 27 What are… Inexhaustible Resources

28. 28 Natural Resources

29. 29 What are … substances found in nature that we use

30. 30 Source for the energy found in fossil fuels

31. 31 What is… the Sun

32. 32 The water cycle

33. 33 What is … a system that requires evaporation, condensation, and precipitation… remove a step and it doesn’t work

34. 34 Nitrogen Cycle

35. 35 What is … Puts Nitrogen in the soil for plants to use for nutrients

36. 36 Carbon Dioxide/Oxygen Cycle

37. 37 What is … provides plants and animals with the air they need to breathe

38. 38 Lunar Phases

39. 39 What is … appearance of the Moon as it orbits the Earth Month = Moon

40. 40 Rotation

41. 41 What is… an object spinning on its axis Think: ro”day”tion

42. 42 Tree Growth Rings

43. 43 What is… Used by scientists to determine age and life experiences of a tree

44. 44 Clay Soil

45. 45 What is … does not allow water to absorb quickly

46. 46 Sandy Soil

47. 47 What is … allows water to travel through it quickly

48. 48 loam

49. 49 What is … Retains just the right amount of water

50. 50 Sunspots

51. 51 What are … Cool, darker areas on the surface of the Sun