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Science Finals
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Albedo | a measure of how much sunlight is reflected away from a surface |
| Atmosphere | the mixture of gases surrounding a planet |
| Carbon Dioxide | a gas found in the atmosphere |
| Climate | general weather patterns over a long period of time |
| Climate Change | changes in climate over large period of time that can be caused by natural or human activities |
| Combustion | the process of burning fuels that produces carbon dioxide |
| Convergent | moving toward the same place |
| Cross Section | a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like |
| Deforestation | the process of clearing trees from land |
| Divergent | moving apart in different directions |
| Earthquake | a sudden shaking of Earth's surface |
| Energy | the ability to make things move or change |
| Eruption | the sudden pushing out of something, such as lava from a volcano |
| Fluctuation | variations in a set of data |
| Fossil | evidence of life from the past, such as fossilized bones, footprints, or leaf prints |
| Human Activities | things people do that affect the Earth system |
| Lux | a measure of how much light is present |
| Mantle | the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates |
| Mesosaurus | an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago |
| Methane | a gas found in the atmosphere |
| Outer Layer | Earth’s outermost layer of hard, solid rock that is underneath the soil, vegetation, and water |
| Pattern | something we observe to be similar over and over again |
| Plate | one of the very large sections of hard, solid rock that make up Earth’s outer layer |
| Reflect | to bounce off without absorbing |
| Stability | when something stays the same over time |
| Sulfur Dioxide | a gas found in the atmosphere |
| Temperature | a measure of how hot or cold something is; the higher the temperature is, the more energy it has |
| The Earth System | the living and nonliving components of the Earth, including the water, land and atmosphere |
| Trend | overall tendency (for example, a consistent increase) in a set of data over time |
| Volcano | a mountain that has an opening in the land where gas, lava, and/or ash is pushed out |
| How does changing levels of carbon dioxide affect the temperature in the Earth system | The increase of CO2 causes more energy from the sun being redirected back to Earth, leading to the temperature increasing.The decrease of CO2 causes less energy from the sun being redirected back to Earth, leading to the decrease of the temperature |
| How has the invention of the combustion engine changed the amount of energy and the temperature in the Earth system | The combustion engine runs on fossil fuels and the burning of those fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide, trapping energy and raising the temperature |
| How did the fossils of the Mesosaurus end up on two different continents | Continents were once together and have separated due to plate motion.Plates have diverged over millions of years |
| What were the three criteria in the internship and how were they important | Reduce the climate impact by lowering CO2, so the city's effect on climate change would reduce.Preserve the historic value, so tourists would still travel to the city of Solton Finally, keep costs low so the city could still spend money on other projects |
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