Earth Vocabulary

Front

What is the measure of how hot or cold something is?

Back

Temperature

Front

What term refers to the Earth as a whole?

Back

Globe

Front

What does it mean to provide assistance or resources to others?

Back

Support

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

Front

What term describes the quantity of a substance or item?

Back

Amount

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is the term for a star and the planets that orbit it?

Back

Solar System

Front

What is the term for the layer of gases surrounding the Earth?

Back

Atmosphere

Front

What is the process by which water vapor turns into liquid water?

Back

Condensation

Front

What do we call the natural satellite that orbits the Earth?

Back

Moon

Tags

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.K.5A

Front

What is the term for the movement of tectonic plates?

Back

Plate Tectonics

Front

What is the name of the process by which plants make their own food using sunlight?

Back

Photosynthesis