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What ecosystem helps protect coastlines from flooding and storm surges?
What are wetlands?
This force curves winds on Earth.
What is the Coriolis Effect?
This theory explains how the solar system formed.
What is the Nebular Theory?
Water can hold lots of heat because of this property.
What is high specific heat?
New crust forms at this plate boundary.
What is a divergent boundary?
This gas is most abundant in Earth’s atmosphere.
What is nitrogen?
This gas traps heat in the atmosphere.
What is carbon dioxide?
Jupiter is this type of planet.
What is a gas giant?
Water molecules stick together because of these bonds.
What are hydrogen bonds?
This process breaks rocks into smaller pieces.
What is weathering?
This type of rock forms from cooling magma.
What is igneous rock?
This current carries warm water toward Europe.
What is the Gulf Stream?
This force pulls gas and dust together.
What is gravity?
This process changes sediment into sedimentary rock.
What is compaction and cementation?
Burning these releases carbon dioxide.
What are fossil fuels?
The uneven heating of Earth’s surface causes this movement in the atmosphere.
What are convection currents?
Too many nutrients in water can cause this.
What is eutrophication?
These planets are closest to the Sun.
What are terrestrial planets?
The process of water vapor turning into liquid water is called this.
What is condensation?
Growing only one crop is called this.
What is monoculture?
This layer of frozen ground is melting in Arctic regions.
What is permafrost?
This event caused huge dust storms in the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This protects Earth from solar particles.
What is Earth’s magnetic field?
This instrument measures air pressure.
What is a barometer?
Cities warmer than nearby rural areas are called this.
What are urban heat islands?