A fossil fuel formed from dead plant materials in swamps; this is burned to make electricity
Resources that can be easily replaced within a short period of time; these include water, wind/air, soil, sunlight, heat from the Earth, plants, and animals
Condition of the atmosphere at a particular time and place; today, this week
A natural physical feature on Earth’s surface made of land
The gathering or collecting of water in the water cycle. This includes runoff, infiltration of water by the earth, and groundwater
A fossil fuel formed from dead algae and plankton in the ocean; this is used for cooking and heating our homes.
Rock that forms when layers of sediment get compacted and cemented together over millions of years
Sediment layers being pressed together (compression) by the weight and pressure of layers being added on top
The thing that changes in an experiment
Liquid or frozen water that falls to the surface of Earth from clouds in the form of rain, sleet, snow, hail
One complete orbit of a planet around the sun, or the moon around the Earth
The process by which sediments are carried away from their original location by wind, water, and ice
Death of an entire species
The line around which the Earth rotates; the Earth is tilted at 23.5 degrees
The path of an object around another object