percentage of moisture the

air holds relative to the

amount it could hold at

a given temperature

relative humidity

movement of water through an ecosystem

evaporation precipitation

condensation

run-off

water cycle

a mountain formed by rock movement along a normal fault

fault-block mountain

a mountain formed by

the collision of two

continental boundaries

folded mountain

occurs mostly along tectonic plate boundaries and can occur in the middle of plates along fault lines

earthquake activity

Layers of Earth’s Atmosphere

Life-supporting; weather occurs here

contains the ozone

Middle layer; heated by the stratosphere

heated by the sun’s radiation

outer space

a plant eaterherbivore

too small to be seen without a

microscope

mic

roor

gani

sm

visible to the unaided eye

macro organism

the feeding relationship between a producer and a single chain of consumers

Feeding relationship between many different

producers and consumers

Man

y fo

od

chai

ns

food web

the natural environment

in which a living thing gets all it

needs

habitat

a particular environment and all the living things

supported by itecosystem

carrying capacityAll full!No more room or resources for certain species in an area.

Pattern in spaceFlocks, herds, geese in the air, fish in schools

Pattern in TimeLeaves falling, animal birth, migration

Adaptation a change that helps a species survive and reproduce

Characteristic: body structure, the way it eats, the way its body processes materialsBehavior: the way it actsInherited trait: passed from parent

Pangaea

supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago

Earth

’s L

ayer

s

Center, solid, metallic sphere

Molten metal

Thickest layer, molten rock

Thin, outermost

layer of Earth

rock block slides up and pushes together

along a fault

rock block slides down and pulls

apart along a fault

sideways movement along a fault plane

Convection currents

Plate Boundaries:A. Divergent

B. ConvergentC. Transform

a water wave caused by an earthquake

tsunami

the instrument

which records ground

movement

seismograph

the underground point where rocks

begin to move

point on the Earth’s surface directly above

fault movement

steep, cone-shaped volcano composed of cinders and

rock fragments

broad, flat-domed volcano composed of many thin,

hardened lava layers

cone-shaped volcano composed of layers of lava and hardened rock

a volcano that has not

erupted recently but could erupt in the near

future

dormant volcano

a volcano that has not erupted in recorded history

extinct volcano

Rock CycleMetamorphic Rock formed under heat and pressure

Igneous Rockformed from cooled melted rock

Sedimentary Rockformed from layers

of pressed or cemented

sediments

Some Characteristics of MineralsColor Luster (shine)

Hardness Streak

geothermal energy

energy made from the heat

inside the Earth

energy released during a chemical reaction

Chemical energy

energy produced from the flow of

electrons

electrical energy

solar energy

Energy made by the sun’s

rays

fuel sources which when used up are all

gone, there is nothing to replace them

(i.e. coal, oil, natural gas, uranium,

minerals, rocks)

Nonrenewable resources

fuel sources which naturally replace themselves (i.e. sunlight, wind, water)

renewable resources

energy in motion

kinetic energy

stored energy

potential energy

a forward force produced in reaction to

escaping gases

thru

st

3rd charge; pressurizes the body tube and ejects the recovery system

1st charge; provides lift-off

and acceleration

thrust charge

2nd charge; allows rocket to slow down; provides smoke to

track the rocket

part of the rocket that accelerates the exhaust gas to a high velocity as it is expelled from the engine

nozzle

The condition of the earth’s

atmosphere at a particular

time and place

Happens in the Troll

Sphere…I mean

Troposphere

weather

Changes in weather

Uneven heating by the sun

Moving air masses

Air pressure changes

cirrusdry weather, but rain may develop

stratusovercast, steady rain

cumulusdry weather

cumulonimbusstormy

cloud types

boundaries between air

masses

fronts

wind blows from water to land during the dayse

a

breez

e

wind blows from land to water at night

land

breeze

temperature

air pressure

wind

humidityw

eath

er

influ

ence

rs

measure

s air

pressure

barometer

PS- Air pressure goes down as heat goes up

Air pressure goes down as we travel up in the atmosphere

I’m hot but at least it’s less pressure

Ah…so much less pressure up here

measures humidity

sling psychrometer

measures wind speed

anemometer

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clear food substance surroundi

ng and protecting the yolk

albumen