Test 5 Terms to Know

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Test 5 Terms to Know
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Write each of the following terms on separate
notecards

1. Acid Rain
2. Deforestation
3. Desertification
4. Erosion
5. Fossil Fuels

• 6. Global Warming
• 7. Mining
• 8. Plate Tectonics
• 9. Smog
• 10. Urbanization
• 11. Weathering

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Smog

• Fog mixed with smoke or other pollutants

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Urbanization

• Growth of cities

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Weathering

• breaking down of rocks into smaller pieces

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Plate Tectonics

• The movement of earths crust

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Mining

• Removal of earths minerals

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Global Warming

• An increase in the average temperature on earth.

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Fossil Fuels

• Coal, Oil, and Gas
• Made from the remains of dead animals (fossils)

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Erosion

• when sediment is moved from one place to another

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Desertification

• Spread of deserts

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Deforestation

• Destruction of trees and forests

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Acid Rain

• precipitation with high levels of acid forming
  chemicals