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| name for the group of sciences that deals with Earth and its neighbors in space |
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| dense/heavy sphere inner sphere |
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| the layer of hot, solid material between Earth's crust and core |
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| the distance north or south of the equator, measured in degrees |
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| the distance east and west of the prime meridian, measured in degrees |
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| a map that shows surface features of an area such as mountains, valleys, plains, and plateaus by using contour (isoline) lines to show changes in elevation |
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| a line on a topographic map that connects points of equal elevation |
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| on a topographic map, tells the distance in elevation between adjacent contour lines |
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| a possible explanation how or why things happen in the manner observed |
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| the molten core of the Earth |
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| The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantle |
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| the portion of Earth's crust that is usually below the oceans and not associated with continental areas, thinner and higher in density that continental crust and basaltic rather than granitic in composition |
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| Process of breaking down rocks and minerals. |
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| Mechanical weathering [image] |
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| The type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces |
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| Chemical weathering[image] |
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| The process that breaks down rock through chemical changes |
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| A chemical change in which a substance combines with oxygen, as when iron oxidizes, forming rust |
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| weathered rock, rock fragments (smaller rocks), decaying organic matter (skin cells, fingernails, leaves, hair, etc), water, and air |
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| remains of anything that was once living. |
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| spaces in rocks and soils that fluids can travel through. |
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| The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another |
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| Process in which sediment is laid down in new locations. |
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| An area within the Earth's crust that cycles in a circular motion and is driven by the uneven heating of the earth's inner layers. |
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| transform boundary[image] |
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| The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other. |
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| An undersea mountain chain where new ocean floor is produced; a divergent plate boundary. |
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| One plate going under another plate |
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| convergent boundary[image] |
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| A plate boundary where two plates move toward each other. |
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| divergent boundary[image] |
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| A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other. |
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| A theory stating that the earth's surface is broken into plates that move due to forces within the earth. |
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| The hypothesis that the continents slowly move across Earth's surface. |
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| Seafloor spreading [image] |
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| The process that creates new sea floor as plates move away from each other at the mid-ocean ridges |
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| The pulling of a tectonic plate as its edge subducts deep into the mantle |
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| A state of matter with no definite shape or volume. |
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| A substance that can easily flow. |
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“ESS.” Earth Day Network, https://www.earthday.org/campaigns/endangered-species/coral-reefs/.
“vocabs.” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/coral_reefs/.
“Home.” Alliance, https://coral.org/coral-reefs-101/coral-reef-ecology/.
Klass, Dennis, et al. Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief. Taylor & Francis, 1999.
Klass, Dennis, et al. Continuing Bonds: New Understandings of Grief. Taylor & Francis, 1999.
Knowlton, Nancy, and Ocean Portal Team. “Corals and Coral Reefs.” Smithsonian Ocean, 22 Aug. 2019, https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/corals-and-coral-reefs.
“Value of Corals: Coral Reef Systems.” Scripps Oceanography, https://scripps.ucsd.edu/projects/coralreefsystems/about-coral-reefs/value-of-corals/. |
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