Planet Earth (Chapter 2)
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JenniferHall on September 16, 2010
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Miss Biederstadt's Social Studies
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Solar Energy | Energy from the sun |
| Rotation | One complete spin of Earth on it's axis. Takes 24 hours to complete, causes day and night. |
| Revolution | The Earth's trip around the sun, takes 365 1/4 days to complete. |
| Latitude | The distance north and south of the equator. |
| Tropics | Regions near the equator where season are based on rainfall not temperatures. |
| Freshwater | Water with out salt. |
| Glaciers | Large areas of slow moving ice |
| Surface Water | Water found below the Earth's surface. |
| Water Vapor | Water that is in the air as an invisible gas. |
| Water Cycle | The movement of water from earth's surface and back. |
| Landforms | The shapes on Earth's surface. |
| Continents | The seven large landmasses |
| Plate tectonics | Theory that suggest that earth's surface is divided inot a dozen or so slow moving plates, or pieces of Earth's surface. |
| Lava | The magma that reaches Earth's surface. |
| Earthquakes | Sudden violent movements of Earth's crust. |
| Weathering | The process that breaks rock down into smaller pieces. |
| Erosion | The movement of sediment from one location to another. |
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