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the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. |
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| Organisms that can live in extreme places on Earth. |
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the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected.
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| About 4000 million years ago the earth was being bombarded by meteors, asteroids, and comets. |
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| Photosynthesis by single-celled bacteria occurred. |
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| Makes up over 85% of Geologic Time. |
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| The branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means forecasting the weather. |
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| the branch of science that deals with the physical and biological properties and phenomena of the sea. |
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| The age of the land plants. |
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| the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate. |
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| Extremely successful during the Paleozoic Era. |
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| total energy emitted by a star |
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Uniformitarianism
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| The concept that processes that have shaped Earth in the past are essentially the same as those operating today. |
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| distance light travels in one year. (about 9.5 trillion km); used to measure distances on a galactic scale |
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| The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion |
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| any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter) |
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| the speed of an object in a particular direction |
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| degree of elongation; the measure of how "squished" an ellipse is |
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| Upwelling is an oceanographic phenomenon that involves wind-driven motion of dense, cooler, and usually, nutrient-rich water towards the ocean surface, replacing the warmer, usually nutrient-depleted surface water. |
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Greenhouse Effect
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| The greenhouse effect is the process by which radiation from a planet's atmosphere warms the planet's surface to a temperature above what it would be without this atmosphere. |
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the gas formed by adding a third oxygen atom to an oxygen molecule
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| the transfer of energy through space by electromagnetic waves |
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| An interaction in which both species benefit. |
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| A collection of ecosystem sharing the similar climatic conditions |
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Genetic Diversity
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| Range of genetic material present in a gene pool or population of a species |
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Environmental resistance
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| Is the area between the exponential growth curve and the carrying capacity, which can be any factor that limits the growth of a population (food, light, water…) |
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| Living species and ecosystems which are self-producing and self-maintaining – their yield can be used as marketable goods. |
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Habitat diversity
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| Range of different habitats of ecological niches which are present in a ecosystem biome or Earth as a whole. Conserving these leads to the conservation of species and genetic diversity. |
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Carrying capacity
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| This is the maximum number of individuals that an environment can carry or support in the long term. |
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| Where one species lives inside another and kills |
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| Competition for resources (such as food, space, water, light etc) between members of different species, and in general one species will out-compete another one. |
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| The part of the mantle that extends from the core-mantle boundary to a depth of 660 kilometers |
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| A layer beneath the mantle about 2200 kilometers thick that has the properties of a liquid. |
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The solid innermost layer of Earth, about 1330 kilometers in radius.
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| The theory that proposes that earths outer shell consists of individual plates that interact in various ways and thereby produce earthquakes,volcanoes,mountains, and the crust itself. |
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Continental Shelf
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| The gently sloping submerged portion of the continental margin, extending from the shoreline to the continental slope. |
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Deep-Ocean trenches
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An elongated depression in the seafloor produced by bending of the oceanic crust during subduction.
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| Total quality of life on earth |
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The thin, rocky outer layer of earth and is divided into oceanic and continental crust.
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The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
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| A subdivison of the mantle situated below the lithosphere. |
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| Very level area of the deep-ocean floor, usually lying at the foot of the continental rise. |
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| “Word of the Day: Eccentric.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/eccentric-2018-07-07. |
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| https://quizlet.com/263005213/chapter-11-earth-space-science-flash-cards/ |
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| “Earth and Space Science.” AGU Journals, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/23335084. |
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| “What Is Earth and Space Science about?” Senior Secondary., https://seniorsecondary.tki.org.nz/Science/What-is-science-about/What-is-Earth-and-space-science-about. |
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| “Physical, Earth, and Space Science.” Frey, https://freyscientific.com/curriculum/cpo-science/core-curriculum/physical-earth-space-science. |
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