Hydrosphere
Rain, sleet, hail, and snow are examples of
Precipitation
Volcano type made by slow moving lava; Hawaiian islands
Shield
Lowest layer of atmosphere; where we live and breathe
troposphere
living or once living things in an environment
biotic factors
change over time
evolution
The amount of salt in water
Salinity
Volcano type with steep sloping sides
Cinder Cone
Layer of Earth with ozone layer
Stratosphere
movement into a population
immigration
A mechanism of evolution in which organisms that are more suited to their environment survive
natural selection
Process of changing from a gaseous to liquid state
Condensation
Volcano type that is named for its layering; Mt. Fuji or Mt. St Helens
Stratavolcano
O3 ; a layer in the atmosphere that shields earth from harmful UV radiation
ozone layer
% of energy transferred between energy levels
10%
the variety of all living things on earth is called...
biodiversity
Process of turning water into vapor
evaporation
Volcano type in which the sides of the volcano fall in on itself after emptying the magma chamber; Yellowstone
Caldera
These are gasses caused by pollution that are damaging the ozone layer and causing global warming
Greenhouse Gasses
Scientific name for an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
heterotroph
List 1 factor required for Evolution
Overproduction of Offspring
Competition
Genetic Variation
Environmental Stress (favor one trait over another)
Area in water where temperature changes rapidly with depth
Thermocline
Places like the Hawaiian Islands or the Galapagos Islands that are high in volcanic activity but are not on a plate boundary
Hot Spot
Most abundant gas in the atmosphere
nitrogen
#1 Factor that will lead to a 6th mass extinction
habitat destruction
Biome with the greatest biodiversity
Tropical Rainforest