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This device is used to measure Humidity
Hydrometer
This type of rock is formed by the collection of smaller particles that are packed down and stuck together
Sedimentary
This rock type forms when magma is cooled into a solid form
Igneous rock
The discovery of like fossils in different continents is one piece of evidence for what theory
Plate Techtonics
This is one of the most effective ways our planet cycles heat, because much of the sunlight on Earth hits the open water
Ocean Currents
This is the man that proposed the theory of continental drift
Al Wegner
To get an approximate age of a rock, scientists make look at these, fossils that are very common and appear for a short period of time in the geologic timeline
Index fossils
What is the name for the cycle of magma that drives the movement of tectonic plates
Convection Currents
This is the property of water that says it can stick to other substances like the cell walls of plants
Adhesion
This term refers to illnesses that are brought by insects, such as malaria
Vector-Born Diseases
This layer of the atmosphere is home to the ozone layer
Stratosphere
This Climate zone is characterized by hot temperatures and Little precipitation, like a desert
Arid Climate
This term refers to compounds like Carbon dioxide and methane that trap heat in the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gasses
This is the law that states that younger layers of rock lie above older layers
The law of superposition
What happens when permafrost thaws that is bad for the environment
The release of methane
This process is where precipitation sinks into the earth, potentially reaching the underground water storage system
Infiltration
This is the term for all of the frozen water on the Earth
Cryosphere
This type of front is characterized by limited movement of the opposing air masses
Stationary front
This is the name of the super continent that our continents used to be a part of
Pangea
What is the term that refers to the vertical movement of water that allows plants to pull water out of the ground to reach the upper part of plants
Capillary action
What has to happen for a rock to become metamorphic
Heat and Pressure must be applied to a rock
This term refers to sleet, snow, rain or hail
Precipitation
This weather instrument is used to gather readings in the upper atmosphere
Weather Balloons
This is the term that refers to all of the rock on earth
Lithosphere
What percentage of the atmosphere is made up by Nitrogen
78%