Water Cycle And Fossil Fuels Flashcards

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True or False, The sun creates Evaporation

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True

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True or False, Condensation is when water vapor reaches a certain height in the atmosphere where the gas turns back into a liquid?

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True

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What is precipitation?

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Precipitation is when liquid or frozen water falls back down to Earth

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What is the process in which a solid turns directly into a gas and does enter a liquid state?

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Sublimation

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What is the movement of water through the boundary area where the atmosphere interfaces with the soil.

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Infiltration

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A fossil fuel is hydro carbon material, such as coal, oil, and natural gas is created in Earth’s crust from the remains of dead living things, they are then burned as fuel.

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Coal, gas, petroleum, and nuclear power are examples of what type of source?

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Non Renewable Resources

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Examples of Renewable Resources

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Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydro-Electric, and Biomes

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How do you search for fossil fuels?

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Digging, Mining, Explosives, and Oil Mines

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Dangers of Fossil Fuels

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Land destruction, Pollution, Ecological Impacts, Human Ailments(sicknesses)

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How do fossil fuels affect humans and animals?

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Habitats can change or dissappear, chemicals and air pollution make people ill.

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What kinds of emissions come from these products?

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Gas, and Co2 (carbon dioxide)

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What is Habitat Loss?

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Deforestation and river water levels decreased by dams

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What is Pollution?

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Oil spills reduces marine pesticides. These help kill non-target species.

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