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What is a hypothesis
The educated guess of an outcome in your experiment
What is the definition of a current
The movement of a stream of water through a larger body of water
What is the name of the process that involves the breaking down of rocks into sediments
Weathering
What is the definition of Conduction
The transfer of thermal energy through the contact of molecules
Molten rock found below Earth´s surface
Magma
What is an independent variable
The variable that you change
What is salinity
The measure of salt in a body of water
What is the name of the process that involves the transportation of sediments from one location to another
Erosion
What is the boundary between two weather systems
The measure of a liquid´s thickness
viscosity
What is a dependent variable
What does a pycnocline measure
the density of a body of water as you move vertically
What is the process that involves the laying down of sediments into one location
deposition
The process of water evaporating from plate leaves
transportation
the process that allows for minerals to be partially melted and crystallized at the same time
The part of your experiment that never changes
What is the term for the highest part of a wave
Crest
What is the type of process that involves the chemical change in materials as they break down
Chemical Weathering
What type of cloud is made in high elevation and is thin and wispy
Cirrus
Igneous rock that is injected into surrounding rock due to intense pressure
intrusive rock
What is a control
The part of an experiment that you control
What is the scientific name for the Hadalpelagic zone
The trenches
What type of rock is created through compaction and cementing of sediments
sedimentary
What type of air mass is usually characterized by cold and dry air
polar continental air mass
What is crystal size in minerals based on
Cooling rate