Light and Matter
The color of light with the longest wavelength
Red
The term that describes the number of particles in a given space
Density
The process of water turning from liquid to gas
Evaporation
The place on Earth where you would find Bedrock at or below the surface
Everywhere
A term describing an object that does not transmit light
Opaque
As temperature increases in a gas, what happens to particles?
They speed up
Water Vapor
The hot, dense, soft layer of Earth below the crust
The Mantle
A kind of radiation containing visible light, radio waves, and x-rays, and gamma rays
Electromagnetic Radiation
The temperature at which particles are totally still
Absolute Zero
A natural, underground water storage
Aquifer
A place, such as the San Andreas Fault, where two tectonic plates move horizontally past each other
Transform Boundary
The distance between two consecutive peaks of a wave
Wavelength
Particles in a solid cant move freely
The processes of water moving into and through the ground
Percolation and Infiltration
Dark, dense volcanic rock that forms oceanic crust
The process of light bending as it moves through different states of matter (i.e. air to water)
Refraction
The process by which heat is transferred from one object to another
Particle Collisions
Two possible threats to the water cycle
Pollution
Overuse
Climate Change
Diversion
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge