Water cycle
Water Cycle
Weather
Condition of the atmosphere at a particular or specific point of time.
Non renewable resources
Those that cannot be replicated or are FINITE (means they run out). Example, oil and natural gas.
Examples of volcanic eruptions seen in class
Mauna Loa, Mt. St. Helens, La Palma, Pompeii
Expressions of culture...
Language, religion, beliefs, and customs
Evaporation
What is the process in which water changes state (into a gas)?
Climate
The constant, average, condition of a certain place over a period of time.
Renewable resources
The Ring of Fire
A circle of volcanoes and earthquakes along the rim of the Pacific Ocean. It exists because of a large tectonic plate under the ocean that slides. This is the reason there are many earthquakes in these areas (such as Mexico)
Polytheistic religions have...
more than one deity or god.
Precipitation
The part of the cycle in which water vapor changes into tiny droplets of water.
Examples of Humid Equitorial Climates
Ecuador and parts of South America
Equinox
The beginning of spring and autumn.
Prevention systems are...
are not real, as they do not help you prevent a natural disaster (earthquakes volcanoes). What DOES exist are early-warning systems.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Filtration
The process in which water falls into the crust of Earth, acquiring minerals as it goes along.
Dry climates
Climates with arid and very dry land, such as deserts that include little amounts of rain per year.
Solstice
The beginning of summer and winter.
These _________ plates are responsible for the movement and shift of Earth's crust. An example is the Pacific and the Cocos.
tectonic.
Reasons why wild animals might become endangered..?
loss of habitat and poaching (in the case of wild animals)
Polar bears, arctic hares, arctic foxes, etc.