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Earth system
unit ten
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Earth system | All of the nonliving things and procces that make up the earth including the solid earth hydrosphere the atmosphere biosphere. |
| geosphere | the most solid rock part of earth extends from the core to the surface of crust. |
| hydrosphere | the portion of the earth that water. |
| cryoshpere | one of earth spheres where water is in solid form includes solid form including snow cover floating ice glaciers ice caps ice sheets . and frozen ground permafrost |
| atmosphere | a mixture of gases surrounds a planet moon or celestial body |
| biosphere | the part of the world where life exist; or living organisms |
| energy budget | the net flow of energy into an d out of an system. |
| air pressure | the meaning of force with air molecules push on a surface |
| thermosphere | the uppermost layer of the atmosphere in which temperature increases as altitude increases |
| mesosphere | 1.the strong lower part of the mantle between the astheonsphere and the outer core 2. the layer of the atmosphere between the strat |
| stratosphere | the air of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and mesosphere and in which the temperature increases. |
| trophosphere | the lowest layer of the atmosphere in which temperature in constant rates as altitude increases the part of the atmosphere where weather conditions exist |
| stratsosphere | the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as contains the ozone layer |
| ozone layer | the layer of an atmosphere at an altitude 15km to 40km that absorbs ultraviolet solar radiation |
| greenhouse effect | the warming of the surface and the lower atmosphere on earth that occurs when water vapor carbon dioxide and other gases absorb and reradiate energy |
| temperature | a measure of hot how cold something is, specifically a measure of the average kinetic energy of the particles in objects |
| thermal energy | the total kinetic energy of atoms |
| thermal expansion | an increase in the size of a substance in to increase in the temperature of the substance . |
| heat | the energy transferred between objects that are at different temperature |
| radiation | the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves |
| convection | the movement of matter due to the difference in density the transfer of energy due to the movement of matter. |
| conduction | the transfer of energy as heat through material |
| wind | the movement of air caused by differences |
| Coriolis effect | thew curving of path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to earth's rotation |
| global wind | the movement of air over earth surface in patterns that are worldwide |
| jet stream | a narrow band of strong winds that blow in the upper troposphere |
| local wind | the movement of air over short distances occurs in specific areas as a result of certain geographical features |
| ocean current | a movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern . |
| surface current | a horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind that occurs near the surface of the ocean |
| convection current | any movement of matter that results density may be vertical curcilluar |
Created by:
Tyler Noel