Science Earth System's Test

Front 1

erosion

Back 1

the earths surface is worn away by the action of water, glaciers, winds, and waves.

Front 2

deposition

Back 2

the state of being deposited or dropped off.
Ex. Deposition of soil from the ground to a mouth of a river

Front 3

weathering

Back 3

can cause physical disinegration of exposed rock without any change in chemical composition of the rock

Front 4

physical weathering

Back 4

weather that helps with the disinegration of rock

Front 5

chemical weathering

Back 5

any weathering processes that cause exposure to rock under the undergo of chemical weathering

Front 6

runoff

Back 6

something that flows off down hill

Front 7

geosphere

Back 7

refered to the solids of the earth and goes along with atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere

Front 8

stratosphere

Back 8

reffered with the ozone layer. has to do w/ just air.

Front 9

the earths atmosphere is made up of a mixture of what?

Back 9

gases

Front 10

earths atmosphere protects us from what?

Back 10

the suns harmful UV rays, and also conatins gases that are vital to living things

Front 11

the cycling of water between the ? and ? contribute to earths weather patterns

Back 11

hydrosphere and our atmosphere

Front 12

radiation

Back 12

the heating of one object to a cooler one doesnt pass thru a medium

Front 13

conduction

Back 13

transfer of thermal energy due to collisions between particles in matter

Front 14

convection

Back 14

transfer of thermal energy by movement of particles from one part of a material to another