5th Vocab Quiz 8

appears to move, but is not actually moving

• Apparent Movement
• Axis
• Cycle
• Day

imaginary line about which an object rotates

• Apparent Movement
• Axis
• Cycle
• Day

a repeating pattern

• Apparent Movement
• Axis
• Cycle
• Day

A 24-hour period

• Apparent Movement
• Axis
• Cycle
• Day

one complete turn of Earth around its axis

• Rotation
• Orbit
• Water Cycle
• Climate

a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

• Rotation
• Orbit
• Water Cycle
• Climate

the change of water from one state to another as it moves between Earth’s surfaces to the atmosphere

• Rotation
• Orbit
• Water Cycle
• Climate

general pattern of weather in an area over a long period of time [30 years or more (many decades)]

• Rotation
• Orbit
• Water Cycle
• Climate

process of binding and hardening of sediments into hard rock

• Cementation
• Compaction
• Deposition
• Erosion

process by which pressure from rocks and soil reduces the size or volume of sediments

• Cementation
• Compaction
• Deposition
• Erosion