APES Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Permeability
The quality of material that allows something to pass through.
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Divergent Boundary
a linear feature that exists between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other.
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Volcano
a vent in the surface of Earth that emits ash, gases, or molten lava.
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Convergent Boundary
an actively deforming region where two (or more) tectonic plates or fragments of the lithosphere move toward one another and collide.
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Asthenosphere
the upper layer of the earth's mantle, below the lithosphere, in which there is relatively low resistance to plastic flow and convection is thought to occur.
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Transform Boundary
An area where tectonic plates move sideways past each other.
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Watershed
All land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland.
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Albedo
Ability of surfaces to reflect sunlight.
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Erosion
The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem.
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Insolations
incoming solar radiation and is the Earths main source of energy and is dependent on season and latitude.
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Porosity
Percentage of void space in rock.
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Physical Weathering
The mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals.
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Rain Shadow
A region with dry conditions found on the leeward side of a mountain range as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing precipitation on the windward side.
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Coriolis Effect
The result of Earths rotation on weather patterns and ocean currents.
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Tsunami
Large waves of water caused by underwater Earthquake.
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El Nino
A reversal of wind and water currents in the South Pacific.
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La Nina
Colder counterpart of El Nino.
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Biological Weathering
Plants break up rocks with roots.
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Soil horizons
Layers of soil.
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Particle Size
The size of particles.
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Albedo
Ability of surfaces to reflect sunlight
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Biological Weathering
Plants break up rocks with roots
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Chemical Weathering
Erosion from chemical reactions
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Coriolis Effect
The result of Earths rotation on weather patterns and ocean currents
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El Nino
A reversal of wind and water currents in the South Pacific
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Erosion
The physical removal of rock fragments from a landscape or ecosystem
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Insolations
incoming solar radiation and is the Earths main source of energy and is dependent on season and latitude
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La Nina
Colder counterpart of El Nino
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Layers of the Atmosphere
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
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Physical Weathering
The mechanical breakdown of rocks and minerals
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Permeability
The quality of material that allows something to pass through
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Porosity
Percentage of void space in rock
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Rain shadow
A region with dry conditions found on the leeward side of a mountain range as a result of humid winds from the ocean causing precipitation on the windward side
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Soil horizons
Layers of soil
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Transform Boundary
An area where tectonic plates move sideways past each other
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Tsunami
Large waves of water caused by underwater Earthquake
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Volcano
a vent in the surface of Earth that emits ash, gases, or molten lava
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Watershed
All land in a given landscape that drains into a particular stream, river, lake, or wetland