weathering and erosion
what is weathering?
The wearing away or change the appearance or texture over time
What is evaporation?
Solar energy heats and changes water from liquid to gas.
Atoms are arranged in specific geometric shapes.
What is Troposphere?
The layer closest to the earth's crust and has the most water vapor forming clouds.
What is Tropical?
Hot with lots of precipitation.
What is erosion?
Specifically the weathering of rock and soil into the sediment by exposure to wind and water.
What is Transpiration?
Liquid water that evaporates into gas vapor from plants.
What is density?
How compact the atoms are.
What is Stratosphere?
Where sun light reacts with oxygen to create the ozone layer and keep the earth warm.
What is dry?
Hot with little precipitation.
What is Mechanical Weathering?
Physical break down of rocks into smaller pieces.
What is Condensation?
Gaseous water vapor cools and forms water droplets.
What is color?
The physical appearance.
What is Mesosphere?
The thinnest layer of the air where meteors burn up.
What is Temperate Marine?
Hot and dry summers and cool mild winters.
What is a Frost wedge?
The expansion of water as it freezes creates cracks in the rock.
What is precipitation?
Heavy rain droplets in clouds fall to the ground.
What is hardness?
The resistance of the surface to scratches.
What is Thermosphere?
The layer with fast-moving gas particles from the solar wind.
What is Temperate continental.
Warm and dry summers and cold snowy weather.
What is Abrasion?
When rock particles scrape against each other due to rushing water or sand.
What is Percolation?
Watering filtering over and through the earth's rocky surface.
What is luster?
How light shines across the surface.
What is Exosphere?
The furthest layer of the atmosphere where earth's gravity is still in effect.
What are highlands?
Cool with lots of precipitation.