Vocabulary
Planets moving around something
What is orbit
Caused by plate movement along fault lines
What is an Earthquake
The layer of Earth we stand on
What is the crust
Poisonous gas + precipitation
What is acid rain
The average weather of an area
What is climate
The imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth
What is the axis
A giant ocean wave caused by eruptions or ocean floor movement
What is a tsunami
The layer of earth made of magma, about 1,770 miles thich
What is the mantle
In order:
1. when liquid water turns into vapor
2. when water vapor turns liquid
What is
1. Evaporation
2. Condensation
A region of reduced rainfall on one side of a mountain
What is a Rain Shadow
A complete trip around the sun
What is a revolution
The process by which weathered bits of rock are moved elsewhere by water
What is erosion
Made of melted, liquid metal
What is the outer core
The water contained inside Earth's crust
What is groundwater
One way that humans affect climate
What is (cutting down rainforests, building cities, pollution, etc.)
When rocks on one side or both sides of a crack in Earth's crust are moved
What is a fault / fault line
A wearing away of Earth's surface by wind, rain, chemicals, ice, and flowing water
What is weathering
Solid and perfectly in the middle of the planet
What is the inner core
The deepest location on Earth
The four main biomes of Earth (p.50)
What are rain forest, desert, grassland, and tundra
A process that removes chemicals and makes water safe to drink
What is desalination
This long, narrow band of volcanoes that stretches for more than 24,000 miles in the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
The 16 enormous pieces of Earth's crust
What re the tectonic plates
An underwater plain that borders a continent
What is a continental shelf
The six climate zones (p.49)
What are: Tropical, Desert, Humid Temperate, Cold Temperate, Polar, and High Mountain