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| Magma is a slushy mix of molten rock, gases, and_ |
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| Porphyritic textures indicate that magma has cooled ___ Throughout crystallization |
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| Different minerals melt and crystallize at __ |
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| Igneous rocks can be identified by their __ of crystal size and texture |
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| The sun shines on and warms Earth's surface directly in a method of energy known as __ |
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| Imbalances in Earth's __ help to create weather. |
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| Due to the __ Moving air particles are deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left of the southern hemisphere |
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| The greenhouse effect is the natural __ of Earth's surface caused by certain gases in the atmosphere |
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| One of the effects of El Niño is that the jet stream shifts farther __ |
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| Roughly half of all Earth's seawater is contained in the __ Ocean |
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| Nitrogen is one of the dissolved __ in seawater |
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| Melting sea ice __ the salinity of seawater in polar regions |
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| Breakers are formed by the action of __ between the wave and the ocean bottom |
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| The depth to which a disturbs the water is called the __ |
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| As marine organisms die, their solid parts drift to the bottom of the ocean, causing salts to be __ seawater |
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| The freezing point of salt water is somewhat __ than that of freshwater. |
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| Closed, circular surface currents systems are called __ |
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| Upwelling waters bring __ to the ocean's surface |
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| A combination of many __ makes up Earth's atmosphere |
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| If the amount of moisture in the air remains the same and temperature rises, the relative humidity will __ |
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| The amount of water vapor in a given volume of air is it __ |
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| As the water content of rocks increases, the melting point __ |
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| A model that illustrates the predictable patterns of mineral formation from cooling magma is __ |
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| Intrusive igneous rocks form __ |
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| Rocks are formed when magma __ |
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| Igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth's crust are __ |
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| Igneous rocks that cool quickly on Earth's surface are __ |
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| Extrusive rocks, which cool more rapidly than intrusive rocks, are generally more __ |
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| Factors that affect a rock's melting point include __ |
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| Pressure and water content |
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| Valuable ore deposits and gem crystals are often associated with __ |
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| Current short-term variations in the atmosphere are referred to as __ |
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| The Coriolis effect is die to the __ of Earth |
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| Polar and tropical regions maintain fairly constant average temperatures because __ |
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| the continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy throughout Earth |
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| Types of climate data include annual variations in temperature, precipitation and __ |
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| The climatic zone that receives the least solar radiation and has the coldest climate is the |
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| Earth's atmosphere contains more __ than any other substance. |
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| When the temperature in the atmosphere reaches the __ condensation occurs |
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| What is the constant movement of water between the atmosphere and Earth's Surface? |
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| Rock formed from the crystallization if magma us called __ |
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| __ illustrates the relationship between cooling magma and mineral formation. |
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| A rock that has grains of two different sizes has __ texture |
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| A(n) ___ is a vein of extremely large-grained minerals. |
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| What is the transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves? |
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| What is the temperature to which air must be cooled at constant pressure to reach saturation? |
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| What is the gas formed by adding a third oxygen atom to an oxygen molecule? |
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| What is Maritime polar (northern Pacific, Bering Sea)? |
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| What is maritime tropical (Gulf of Mexico)? |
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| What is Continental Tropical (southwestern desert of the United States)? |
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| What is Continental polar (central Canada) |
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| What is the study of Earth's climate and the factors that affect past, present, and future climate changes? |
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| What is the current caused by wind? |
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| What is a collapsing wave? |
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| What is the lowest point of a wave? |
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| What is the current caused by differences in the temperature and salinity of ocean water? |
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| What is the Highest point of a wave? |
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| What is Upward motion of ocean water? |
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| What is the rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter? |
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| What is the layer between the stratosphere and the thermosphere? |
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| What is the layer in which the most pollution occurs? |
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| What is the atmosphere's outermost layer? |
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| What is the layer within the thermosphere filled with electrically charged particles? |
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| What is the part of the atmosphere containing the ozone layer? |
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| What part of the atmosphere can have air temperatures up to 1000 C? |
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