Earth and Environmental Science Review

The point between two objects where they balanceeach other.

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

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

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

Theland area that contributes water to a stream.

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

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

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

Rock fragments and meteors burn in this layer.

Earth’s crust.

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

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

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

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

A rock formed by the crystallization of molten magma .

Winters are mild, and summers are cool.

Experiencevery cold temperatures even in the summer. 

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

The process of beingsplit into thin sheets or laminate.

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

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

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

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

Jets and aircrafts fly through this layer.

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

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

Wobblingaround the precessional axis.

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

Weather occurs in this layer.

A class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities.

Molten material belowEarth’s surface.

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