Chapter 2;Planet Earth
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18 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Solar Energy | energy from the sun |
| Revolution | The 365 1/4 day trip the earth takes around the sun each year. |
| Rotation | 1 complete spin of the earth on its axis;each rotation takes about 24 hours |
| Tropics | regions close to the equator |
| fresh water | water that is not salty;makes up only 3% of are total water supply. |
| glaciers | A large area of slow moving ice |
| surface water | water that is found in earths steams rivers and lakes |
| Precipatation | Water that falls to Earths surface; rain, snow, sleet, or hail |
| ground water | water found beneath Earth's surface |
| water vapor | water occuring in the air as invisable gass |
| water cycle | movement of water from earths surface to the atmosphere and back |
| Land Forms | shapes on Earth's surface |
| Continents | large landmasses |
| plate tectonics | the theary suggesting that earths surfacer is divided,or slow moving pices of the earths crust |
| earthquake | a suden violent movement of earths crust |
| lava | magma that reaches Earth's surface |
| weathering | the prosses by which rock is broken down into smaller pices. |
| Erosion | the movement of sediment from 1 location to another. |
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