Meteorology
a large body of air with roughly the same temperature and humidity
air mass
hot, liquid matter beneath the earth's surface that cools to form igneous rock.
magma
a large sheet of floating ice
ice floe
animal life
fauna
to take in or soak up
absorption
a measure of the weight of air above us in the atmosphere
air pressure
a scale of numbers used to tell the size of earthquakes
Richter scale
complex weather pattern that brings cooler-than-normal surface waters to the Pacific Ocean along the western coast of South America
La Nina
a collective noun used to describe all the plants, trees, fungi and bacteria that may be present in a particular region
flora
The process of cell division, during which one cell gives rise to two identical daughter cells
mitosis
The weight of air above a given area on Earth's surface
barometric pressure
the area around the opening of a volcano or geyser that is shaped like a bowl.
crater
deep, narrow inlets of water surrounded by tall cliffs
fjord
the depth of the water, whether in a lake or an ocean, that is exposed to sufficient sunlight for photosynthesis to occur
photic
the act or process of discharging undigested or waste material from a cell or organism specifically : defecation
tells us how much water vapor is in the air, compared to how much it could hold at that temperature
relative humidity
hot, liquefied rock that flows from a volcano or other opening in the surface of Earth
lava
a large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or over a wide area of land
glacier
the layer closer to the surface that receives enough light for photosynthesis to occur.
Euphotic zone
a cell taking in a large object that it will eventually digest.
phagocytosis
the amount of water vapor that is in the air.
humidity
a natural pool of hot water that sometimes erupts, sending steam and hot water gushing into the air
geyser
a large system of ocean currents moving in a circle
gyre
anything living
biotic
a colorless plastid especially in the cytoplasm of interior plant tissues that is potentially capable of developing into a chloroplast.
leucoplast