Glossary Section A
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rondodudeawesomeman on June 7, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Abiotic Factor | A nonliving part of an organism's habitat. |
| Abrasion | The grinding away of rock by other rock particles carried in water, ice, or wind. |
| Acid Rain | Rain that contains more acid than normal |
| Acidic | Describes a substance that reacts strongly with metals and changes blue litmus paper red |
| Adaptation | A behavior or physical characteristic that helps an organism to survive in its habitat |
| Aftershock | An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area |
| Air Mass | A huge body of air that has similar temperature, humidity, and air pressure throughout |
| Air Pressure | the result of the weight of a column of air pushing down on an area |
| Alluvial Fan | a wide, sloping deposit of sediment formed where a stream leaves a mountain range |
| Altitude | Elevation above sea level |
| Anemometer | An instrument used to measure wind speed |
| Aneroid Barometer | an instrument that measures changes in air pressure without using a liquid |
| Anticyclone | A high-pressure center of dry air |
| Aquaculture | The farming of water Organisms |
| Asthenosphere | The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats |
| Atmosphere | Earth's envelope of gases |
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