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science vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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resource | the things a living animal needs. |
conserve | to protect. |
deep ocean current | a current in the ocean. |
surface current | the current on a beach. |
tide | the water level. |
current | the flow of water. |
barrierisland | an island that has a sandy beach. |
inlet | when water flows throughtwo barrier islands. |
weathering | the process of slowly breaking down rocks. |
chemical weathering | when water gets into the air and mixes with the gases in the air it forms a chemical that when it touches rock it breaks it apart and makes it smooth |
mechanical weathering | when pieces of rocks are eroded and the rock is rough |
erosion | the movement of rocks and sediment |
deposition | the build up of rocks and sediments |
landslide | when rocks fall down a hill due to the force of gravity |
volcano | the part of a continent that is an open vent |
earthquake | the shaking of the earth |
flood | the cause of water forced over land that is usually dry |
continental slope | the steep drop off at the end of the continental shelf |
continental shelf | the stretch of the continental crust under the ocean |
mid ocean ridge | the part of the ocean that is similar to mountain ranges on the continent |
rift zone | the valley in between two rocks in the mid ocean ridge |
ocean trench | the cause of a plate going under another plate |
oceanic landforms | the build up of land in the ocean |
continental landforms | the build up of land on a continent |