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Earth Science
Earth Science Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | a sudden release of energy under Earth's surface that makes the ground shake or crack |
| Lava | The extremely hot, molten rock that is blown through a crack in Earth's surface when a volcano erupts |
| Climate | Average weather conditions of a region year after year |
| Evaporation or Vaporation | Physical change in matter from a liquid to a gas |
| Hydroelectricity | Electricity made from the energy of moving or falling water |
| Moon | A natural satellite that orbits a planet |
| Fossils | Preserved parts or traces of animals and plants that lived in the past |
| Condensation | physical change in matter from a gas to a liquid |
| Renewable Resources | Material from the Earth that can be replaced by nature within a relatively short period of time |
| Oil | A flammable liquid produced from organic mater buried under layers of sediments for millions of years |
| Alternative Energy | Energy generated by natural processes that are renewable |
| Runoff | The flow of water, from rain, snow melt, or other sources, over land |
| Geothermal Energy | Energy that comes from the natural heat inside the Earth |
| Rotation | Turn or spin on its axis; the 24-hour time period it takes the Earth to make one complete spin on its axis |
| Decay | To rot and break down into small parts |
| Canyon | A deep gorge in the surface of the Earth formed by the erosion of moving water and sand |
| Weather | Describes the current condition of the atmosphere |
| Sedimentary Rock | Rock made of layers of compressed organic and inorganic sediments |
| Fossil Fuels | A non renewable flammable material made from the waste and remains of plants and animals in the earths crust that is used to produce heat and power |
| Revolution | The path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space the earth revolves or goes around the sun once every 365 days |
| Erosion | the movement of weathered material on earths surfaces by wind water or ice |
| Solar Energy | Energy that comes from the sun |
| Weathering | The breakdown of rock into smaller particles from the effects of wind, and ice |
| Volcano | A mixture of hot rocks, ash, and gases from the middle of the earth that blow through a crack in earths surface |
| Delta | A triangle-shaped landform at the mouth of a river as it empties into another body of water |
| Axis | A line, real or imaginary, around which something spins |
| Wind energy | Energy that comes from changing the power of moving air into a useful form of energy |
| Sun | The star at the center of the solar system that applies heat and light to earths ; its gravity keeps its solar system in orbit |
| Nonrenewable Resources | Materials from the earth that cannot be replaced in a lifetime ( coal, oil, natural gas) |
| Precipitation | Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls form clouds in the sky |
| Sediment | Small pieces of rock |
| Landform | features on surface of the Earth such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, and rivers |
| Water cycle | The changes to water when it evaporates into the air, condenses into the clouds, and then back precipitates back down into the earths surface |
| Landslide | The rapid falling if earth's materials down a slope |
| Sand Dunes | Hills formed by the wind blowing sand |
| Earth | A planet in the solar system that has life on it |
| Biofuels | Fuel made from plants, animal wastes, and decomposing plant and animal tissue |
| Natural Gas | A flammable material, without a definite form, produced from organic material buried under layers of sediment found near oil deposits |
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