Meteorology
Moisture falling from the atmosphere as rain, hail, or snow
precipitation
The gaseous layer surrounding Earth
atmosphere
The first an thinnest layer of earth
crust
preserved remains of once living organisms
fossils
regular predictable movement of ocean water, due to the gravitational pull of the moon
tides
Meteorology is the study of atmosphere and how it affects Earths what 2 things
Weather & climate
These dark shadows on the sun are believed to affect the weather.
Sun spots
earth and ocean crusts are believed to be broken into pieces called
plates
when organic material chemically changes into rock
Petrifaction
creatures ability to create its own light
bioluminescence
when a mass of cold air pushes against a warm air mass
cold front
Natural or artificial body orbiting a star or planet
satellite
inorganic crystalline substances found naturally in Earth
minerals
Decayed remains of once living creatures
Humus
massive waves that form as a result of underwater volcano or earthquake
tsunami
known as the child, this has a major influence on climate year to year
El Nino
The amount of light or radiation reflected by a surface, typically that of a planet or moon
Albedo
3 basic types of rocks
sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic
2 different perspectives that explain the geological record and formation of different features on earth
Uniformitarianism and Catastrophism
gently sloping underwater plain bordering the continents
continental shelf
Name 4/5 of the types of the Earth's atmosphere
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
thermosphere
exosphere
One of the oldest devices that helped astronomers determine location and motion of the sun in relation to the earth, later numbered dial was added and then called a sundial
Gnomon
process when minerals in rock chemically react with water or air
chemical weathering
List 3/4 notable features of the fossil record
1 most fossils are in sedimentary rock
2 majority of fossils are hard shelled/like clams
3 some are still alive today
4 fossils in one layer can be considerably different than another layer
deepest area of the ocean, darkest, coldest, and most pressure
abyssal plain