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Landscape 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Acid Rain | Precipitation with a low ph: causes increased rates of weathering of calcite |
| Air pollution | Harmful particles and gasses in the atmosphere |
| Discharge | Speed at which water flows through a material |
| Drumlin | Large, tear shaped hill caused by a glacier |
| Sand Dune | Large pile of sand deposited by wind |
| Finger Lakes | Long lakes in NYS that trend North/South that were created by |
| Gradient | Steepness: change in field value divided by the distance |
| Green House Gases | Carbon Dioxide and methane let insolation in but don’t let heat out |
| Kettle Lakes | Small, round lakes made when icebergs get dropped off in mud at the edge of a melting glacier |
| Moraines | Part of a rock left at the front edge of a glacier : Long Island |