| Term | Definition |
|---|
| HYDROLOGIC CYCLE | THE PROCESS WHEREBY WATER CONTINUALLY CIRCULATES BETWEEN THE EARTHS SURFACE AND ITS ATMOSPHERE |
| TRANSPIRATION | PLANTS ABSORB WATER AND RETURN IT TO THE ATMOSPHERE , the emission of water vapor from the leaves of plants |
| PRECIPITATION | WHEN WATER VAPOR BECOMES WATER DROPLETS AND RETURNS TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS SNOW, RAIN, SLEET OR ICE |
| EVAPORATE | WHEN WATER IS HEATD BY THE SUN IT BECOMES WATER VAPOR AND EVAPORATES, change into a vapor |
| CONDENSES | changes from a gas state to a liquid state |
| INFILTRATE | pass into or through by filtering or permeating THE WATER INFILTRATES THE SOIL |
| SURFACE RUNOFF | water that flows over land until it reaches lakes, rivers, or other areas |
| OCCUR AT PLATE BOUNDARIES | SOME INTERESTING VOLCANOES, MOUNTAIN FORMATIONS, AND EARTHQUAKES ARE FORMED |
| WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF ROCKS | IGNEOUS SEDIMENTARY METAMORPHIC |
| METAMORPHIC ROCK | FORMED WHEN ROCK IS TRANSFORMED BY HEAT AND PRESSURE |
| SEDIMENTARY ROCK | IS FORMED BY SEDIMENTS, PIECES OF ROCKS BROKEN OFF BY WEATHERING AND EROSION, ARE COMPACTED AND CEMENTED TOGETHER |
| IGNEOUS ROCK | MADE WHEN MAGMA COOLS |
| MAGMA | A EXTREMELY HOT LIQUID MADE OF MELTED MINERALS MAGMA CAN COOL SLOWLY UNDERGROUND OR QUICKLY ON EARTH WHERE IT IS CALLED LAVA |
| WEATHERING | CAUSES SEDIMENTS |
| A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY | TWO PLATES ARE MOVING AGAINST OR TOWARD EACH OTHER |
| TRANSFORM BOUNDARY | TWO PLATES ARE SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER |
| DIVERGENT BOUNDARY | TWO PLATES SPREAD APART |
| TECTONIC PLATE MOVEMENT | CREATES THE HEAT AND PRESSURE NEEDED TO FORM METAMORPHIC ROCK |
| zone of divergence | Where the oceanic plates are moving away from each other |
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