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Unit 1 Test Earth Science 6

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  • Is natural gas renewable or nonrenewable?
    Nonrenewable
  • The type of rock that forms by great heat and pressure
    Igneous rock
  • The sediment that a stream carries is called its ______
    load
  • Devil's Postpile National Monument is in what state?
    California
  • A giant ocean wave is called a ________
    Tsunami
  • Small particles produced by weathering are called
    sediment
  • The type of rock that forms from hardened sediment and tiny organisms
    Sedimentary rock
  • True or False: Lichens and mosses can produce acids that weather rock.
    True
  • What type of erosion forms deserts
    Wind erosion
  • Gravity pulls huge amounts of snow down a mountain
    Avalanche
  • Solid fossil fuel that is used to generate electricity.
    Coal
  • The rigid outer layer of the Earth, consisting of the crust and upper mantle.
    Lithosphere
  • The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates
    theory of plate tectonics
  • Water falls to the earth as ________
    precipitation
  • The beginning point of an earthquake
    focus
  • A volcano that is expected to erupt is an _______ volcano
    active
  • What is water vapor in the air called?
    humidity
  • Piles of rock and soil deposited by a glacier are called __________
    Moraines
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