Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Page 1 ES Vocabulary
Page 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| density | Mass divided by Volume (M/V)= |
| volume | The amount of space an object takes up is called _______ |
| water displacement | Process to determine the volume of an irregular object using a graduated cylinder |
| hypothesis | prediction about the answer to problem that can be tested. An educated guess at the answr to a problem |
| Polaris | North Star. The Altitude of this star equals your latitude |
| Steep | When contour lines are close together you have Gentle/Steep slope |
| Nitrogen | The most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere |
| Ozone | Gas in the stratosphere that protects us from ultraviolet (UV) solar radiation |
| Coriolis Effect | Due to the rotating Earth, Causes moving objects toward/away from the equator or poles to curve. |
| warm front | Weather symbol with half moons; slow moving front and produces light precipitation |
| cold front | Weather symbol with triangles; fast moving front producing heavy precipitation, thunderstorms and possible tornadoes |
| wind | Air moving from high pressure to low pressure. Air moing horizontal; parallel to ground |
| jet stream | High level, fast moving, winds that push weather systems from West to east in the Northern Hemisphere. |
| pyroclastic flow | High temperature cloud of gas, dust and ash released from a volcano |
| greenhouse effect | The trapping of long wave (infrared) energy in the atmopshere. water and carbon dioxide are the main gases |
| fossil fuel | The type of fuel made from once living things. Oil Gas and Coal are example of this type of fuel. |
| amber | Hardened tree sap that often traps and preserves insects |
| sulfur | Distinctly yellow mineral with a rotten egg smell as a special property |
| climate | The average weather of an area. Usually refers to average temperatures and average precipitation |
| rising air | air moving in this direction Rising/Sinking causes precipitation |
| sinking air | air moving in this direction [Rising/Sinking] causes evaporation or dry (desert) conditions |
| deserts | These [Deserts/Rain forests] usually occur where air is Sinking. |
| Milky Way | The name of our galaxy |
| Spiral Galaxy | The most common type of galaxy is the (elliptical/irregular/Spiral]. |
| condensation nucleii | The dust, dirt smoke or ice that water from saturated air condenses on to form a cloud |
| cirrus | High white feathery clouds ususally indicating fair or nice weather |
| cumulus | cotton ball clouds, signals rising air whick leads to precipitation |
| stratus | Thin low level clouds covering the entire sky producing light precipitation |
| nimbus- | prefix on clouds meaning "rain" |
| upwellings | brings cold nutrient rich bottom water to the surface |
| estuary | Area where fresh and salt water mix. The Cheseapeake Bay is an example |
| 4.6 Billion years | The accepted age of the Earth according to science |
| superposition | Principle that says that unless overturned, the oldest rocks are on the bottom |
| crosscutting relations | The relationship that says a rock is younger than the rock it cuts across. |
| terrestrial planet | small rocky surfaced planets close to the Sun with an atmopshere and having very few to no moons. |
| mass | Amount of "stuff" that makes up an object. This does not change with gravity. |
Created by:
david_kielbowick
Popular Earth Science sets