Set: SS-vocab III

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Term Definition
EARTHS CRUST IS THE OUER LAYER OF THE EARTH. IT IS A RELATIVELY THIN LAYER OF ROCK THAT COATS THE EARTH.
MANTLE IS THE LAY OF THE EARTH BETTWENTHE CRUST AND THE CORE.
CORE IS THE PORTION OF THE INTERIOR PART OF THE EARTHS THAT LIES BENEATH THE MANTLE, AND GOES ALL OF THE WAY TO THE CENTER.
VOLCANO IS A MOUNTIAN OR HILL BUILT UP BY THE ERUPTION OF MOLTEN OR ROCK AND ASH FORM THE EARTHS INTERIOR
VOLCANOLOGISTS ARE SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES VOCANES.
EARTHQUAKE IS A SHAKING OF THE EARTH CAUSED BY A SUDDEN MOVEMENT OF ROCK BENEATH THE EARTHS SURFACE.
SEISMIC WAVES ARE VIBRATIONS CAUSE BY MOVEMENT OF ROCKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST. WHEN SEISMIC WAVES REACHED THE EARTHS SURFACE THEY CAN CAUSE AN EARTHQUAKE OR TSUNAMI.
SEISMOLOGIS ARE SCIENTIS WHO STUDY EARTHQUAKES AND SEISMIC WAVES.
FAULT IS A CRACK OR FACTURE IN THE EARTHS CRUST, MOVEMENT ALONG THE FAULT CAN CAUSE EARTHQUAKES AND IN THE PROCESS OF MOUNTIAN-BUILDING
CONTINENIAL DRIFT REFURS TO THE THEORY THAT THE EARTH CONTINENTS ARE DRIFTING ACROSS THE EARTH
PLATE TECTONICS TO INTERACTIONS OF THE THICK SLOBS OF ROCK THAT MAKE UP THE EARTHS CRUST. THESE PLATES ARE MOVING CONSTINTLY.THE HUGE PLATES HOLD BOTH THE OCEAN FOOR AND THE CONTINENTS
MINING IS THE EXTRACTION OF MINERDS LIKE COAL, GOLD, OR SILVER FROM THE GROUND
SOIL IS THE SURFACE LAYER OF EARTH THAT USALLY SUPPORTS PLANT LIFE
VEGETATION IS PLANT LIFE
NATURAL VEGETATION IS THE PLANT LIFE OF AN AREA THAT EXISTED PRIOR TO IT BEING NODIFIEDBY PEOPLE. THE TYPE OF NATURAL VEGRTATION DEPENDS LARGELY ON CLIMATE
CLIMATE IS THE AVERGW WEATHER CONDITIONS OF A PARTICULAR PLACE OVER A LONG PERID OF TIME USALLY 30 YEARS
CLIMATE REGION ARE AREAS THAT SHARE SIMILAR TEMERATURES AND PRECIPIATION THROGHOUT THE YEAR
CLIMATE GRAPH IS A GRAPH THAT SHOWS BOTH THE AVERAGE MONTHY TEMPERATURE AND THE AVERAGE MONTHY PRECIPIATION OF A PLACE
TEMPERATURE IS THE DEGREE OF HOTNESS OR COLDNESS THAT CAN BE MEASURED USING A THERMOMETER
PRECIPERATION IS MOSITURE THAT FALLS FROM THE ATMOSPHERE AS RAIN,SNOW,SLEET,HAIL OR DRIZZLE
TROPICAL CLIMATES OCCUR IN AREAS THAT MAINTIAN AN AVERAGE TEMPERTAURE OF ABOUT 70 DEGREES FOR ALL MONTHS.

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Creator Hunter101
Created October 15, 2007
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