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Unit 1 Semester 1
Earth Science and Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| asteroid | any of the thousands of small bodies from 480 miles (775 km) to less than one mile (1.6 km) in diameter that orbit the sun |
| atmosphere | a layer of gases that surrounds a planet |
| biosphere | the zone of life on the earth that includes all living things |
| cryosphere | all frozen water, on land and sea, on earth |
| density | a measure of how closely packed the particles in a substance are; the mass of an object divided by its volume |
| energy | the capacity to do work or cause change |
| geocentric | with the earth as the center |
| geosphere | the solid earth; that is, all rock on earth |
| heat | the transfer of thermal energy from one place to another |
| heliocentric | with the sun as the center |
| hydrosphere | the liquid layer of the earth, made up of the earth´s waters; the oceanic parts of the hydrosphere cover about three |
| hypothesis | an assumption that is made as a result of gathering data through sampling |
| posigrade motion | orbital motion in the same direction as is normal to bodies in a given system |
| retrograde motion | temporary reversal of apparent motion of an orbiting object |
| tectonics | the large |
| topography | the physical features of the land |
| transpiration | the process by which a plant loses water to the atmosphere by way of evaporation of water from the plant through the surfaces of its leaves |
| tsunami | a seismic sea wave, caused by disturbance of the seafloor such as an earthquake |
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