Earth part 2

Question 1

What is the difference between renewable and non renewable energy

Answer 1

Renewable energy is a source that replenish’s naturally and won’t run out vs non renewable energy is a source that will run out.

Question 2

What is natural energy?

Answer 2

A renewable, natural energy source or power

Question 3

What is energy?

Answer 3

The capacity to produce change

Question 4

What are some non renewable energy sources?

Answer 4

Fossil energy and Nuclear energy

Question 5

What is fossil energy?

Answer 5

Fossil energy is usually trapped in sedentary rocks either on continents or oceans. It turns organic matter into mineral substances and takes a very long time. They eventually become coal, oil, or natural gas.

Question 6

What is nuclear energy?

Answer 6

Naturally releases radioactivity in form of high energy rays, (uranium)
Used to generate electricity in nuclear reactors

Question 7

What are some renewable energy sources?

Answer 7

Solar, Biomass, wind, hydraulic, and geothermal

Question 8

What is Hydraulic energy

Answer 8

Hydronic energy comes from movement of waters And turbines on dams turn the hydraulic power of water currents into electricity. Called tidal energy

Question 9

What is wind energy?

Answer 9

When wind turbines transform wind energy into electricity, gases or fluids flow through the moving turbines generating power.

Question 10

What is biomass energy?

Answer 10

Plants get their energy from the suns rays directly using photosynthesis. Biomass describes all living matter that can become a source of energy ex. Wood animal waste trees and plants

Question 11

What is geothermal energy?

Answer 11

When Manama rises to earths surface and water travels to the earths interior

Question 12

What is wind?

Answer 12

The movement caused by earths rotation

Question 13

What is the creation of wind?

Answer 13

Solar energy INCREASES the temperature of the air

Question 14

What are the 3 types of clouds?

Answer 14

Cirrus Stratus and Cumulus

Question 15

Describe a Cirrus cloud.

Answer 15

• long and wispy
• show weather is likely to change
• 7000 m -10000m above sea level

Question 16

Describe Stratus clouds.

Answer 16

-Low hanging clouds
-Thick layer (few hundred meters)
- They make mist or snow
—flat and longish

Question 17

Describe cumulus clouds

Answer 17

-visible during nice weather
- thick with well defined boarders
-look like heads of cauliflower
Remember: cumulus cauliflower

Question 18

What are CUMULONIMBUS clouds?

Answer 18

They are a storm cloud
Large flat tops
Storms happen with these clouds get to big
They produce lightning, thunder, heavy rain, hail or strong winds or tornadoes

REMEMBER: CumulonimBUS a bus has metal like an anvil from cartoons

Question 19

What are tornadoes?

Answer 19

Funnel shaped colon of air that swirls very fast
Reach up to 480km/h (centre)
Tornadoes wind are the fastest on plant earth
Tornadoes form under giant storms
Diameter few metres to 800m
Mostly happens in US

Question 20

What are hurricanes?

Answer 20

Also known as cyclones or typhoons are giant funnel shaped storms with extremely violent winds
Forms of either sides of equator
Storms start to rotate together and form tropical storms than when they reach 119km/h they are called hurricanes

Question 21

What is soil and how is it formed?

Answer 21

Loose layer on the earths crust found above a parent rock and almost all soil contains organic matter.
They are created when parent rocks wear away because of EROSION by wind and water.

Question 22

What is humus?

Answer 22

Surface layer of soil that contains lots of organic matter it easily soaks up and retains water and forests usually have lots of humus, it’s a dark colour

Question 23

What are the 4 classifications of soil?

Answer 23

Clay sand gravel and loam

Question 24

What is clay soil?

Answer 24

Made mostly of clay and particles stay stuck together little space for air and is the SMALLEST SOIL MATERIAL (less that 0.002mm) Soaks up water VERY EASILY

Question 25

What is loamy soil?

Answer 25

Made mostly of loam and particles stick together but crumble into small pieces when disturbed. Particles are slightly larger than clay (between 0.002-0.05mm) air and water can easily get around particles

Question 26

What is Sandy soil

Answer 26

Mostly made of sand Particles DONT stick together Slip through fingers easily and larger than both clay and loam (between 0.05- 2mm) doesn’t hold water but let’s it pass through easily NOT good for growing plants

Question 27

Gravel

Answer 27

Contains the largest soil particles (larger that 2mm)

Question 28

What soil is best for agriculture

Answer 28

A mixture of clay, loam, and sand with lots of organic matter

Question 29

What rock is the only one that forms crystals?

Answer 29

Igneous rocks

Question 30

What is a rock?

Answer 30

A mixture of minerals found on earths lithosphere

Question 31

How are igneous rocks foamed?

Answer 31

*Most common rock* | Formed by cooled magma or lava

Question 32

What is pumice? (Igneous rock)

Answer 32

A porous igneous rock that was lava that cooled when being shot in the air-floats on water due to its density

Question 33

What is an extrusive IGNEOUS ROCK

Answer 33

When they are formed of the earths surface and looks glassy or fine grained

Question 34

What’s an intrusive igneous rock?

Answer 34

Formed inside the lithosphere when Manama rises but doesn’t reach earths surface

Question 35

What is sedentary rock

Answer 35

Created when sediments gradually accumulate on top of each other, bottom of water is where they are formed

Question 36

What’s classic and chemical sedimentary rocks

Answer 36

Classic- formed through the accumulation of debris | Chemical- formed through precipitation of substances in the water

Question 37

What are metamorphic rock?

Answer 37

Formed due to heat or pressure in the lithosphere

Question 38

What is contact metamorphism and regional

Answer 38

Regional- due to movement in tectonic plates | Contact- when one rocks comes into contact with magma

Question 39

What are the characteristics of minerals

Answer 39

``` Luster Color of a solid Streak Color Hardness Magnetism Effervescence ```

Question 40

What is luster

Answer 40

If a mineral is metallic or non metallic and how the mineral reflects light Metallic- mineral shines like metal or jewelry Non metallic- pearly glassy or oily

Question 41

Color of a solid

Answer 41

Experts break a rock in half or you just look at the mineral

Question 42

Streak Color

Answer 42

When a mineral is rubbed against non enamelled ceramic

Question 43

Hardness

Answer 43

The resistance of a mineral to scratching | Mosh hardness scale

Question 44

What is Magnetism

Answer 44

Put a magnet on the rock and see or put a compass and looks if the arrow follows the rock or moves at all

Question 45

What is Effervescence

Answer 45

How a mineral reacts with acid- if it forms bubbles

Question 46

What is Crystal shape

Answer 46

Crystals can be helped to identify minerals shaped like polyhedral .