Unit 1.1

What is a Atmosphere?

A layer of gas above the earths surface 

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What is deposition

The process in which sediments drop out of  a moving stream of water, air or ice

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What is Erosion

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The removal of sediments awayfrom the place of the formationor deposition

What is coal seam gas

A natural gas released from coalby fracking

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What is Fracking

A form of mining in which waterand other chemicals are pumped into rocks causing them to break and release a non-renewable resource

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What is weathering

The process of breaking rocksdown into smaller pieces

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What is Humus

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The decaying of plants andanimals

A rock formed by the coolingof molten rock 

What is a Igneous rock

What is a Igneous rock

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What are minerals

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Substances that are found in rocks

What are Non-Renewable resources

A resource that takes longer than the average human lifespan to be replaced

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What is photosynthesis

The way the plants make their own food

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What is a Resource

A Substance that satisfies a needor a purpose

What is a sediment

Substances that are moved and mixed together to form layers on the earths surface

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What are sedimentary rocks

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Rocks that are formed when sediments are compacted togetherforming layers on the earth