Earth and Environmental Science Review

The point at whichrays or waves meet after reflection or refraction.

The process of beingsplit into thin sheets or laminate.

Weather occurs in this layer.

A climate on the eastern side of a continent characterizedby hot summers and cool winters.

The degree of variation of life. It is a variety of organisms in different ecosystems.

Formswhen a cold air mass pushes under a warm air mass, forcing the warm air torise.

Themovement of surface water into rock or soil through cracks and pore spaces.

Theincrease in temperatures of Earth and the atmosphere due to increased carbondioxide levels.

Rock fragments and meteors burn in this layer.

Forms when a moist, warm air mass slides up andover a cold air mass.

An area of land that separates waters flowingto different rivers, basins, or seas.

Jets and aircrafts fly through this layer.

Any form of energy that does not come from fossil fuels.

A rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma .

The point between two objects where they balanceeach other.

Theland area that contributes water to a stream.

Molten material belowEarth’s surface.

Thedeflective force of Earth’s rotation on all free moving objects.

The point on theearth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake..

Wobblingaround the precessional axis.

Acommunity of plants and animals in a region and a climate.

All the organisms that constitute a specific group or occur in a specified habitat.

Changein direction of the axis, but without any change in tilt.

1.   A rockformed deep within earth by heat,pressure, and/or hydrothermal solution.

Experiencevery cold temperatures even in the summer. 

A huge group of single stars,  star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.

A class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities.

Winters are mild, and summers are cool.

Earth’s crust.

Non-living aspects of an ecosystem that impact the species wholive there.

Loose particles created by the weathering and erosion of the rock.

An underground layer of permeable rock,sediment, or soil that yields water.