Chapter two vocabulary

One complete spin of earth on its axis ( 24 hours)

• solstice

• revolution

• rotation

• equinox

Process of breaking rocks into smaller pieces through heat, water, or other means

• erosion

• floodplains

• ozone

• weathering

The sun and the objects that move around it

• Atmosphere

• Orbit

• Solar System

• Equinox

Line of latitude that is 23.5 degrees south of the equator

• Tropic of Capricorn

• Tropic of Cancer

• Arctic Circle

• Equator

A fractured surface in Earth's crust where a mass of rock is in motion

• Axis

• Erosion

• Delta

• Fault

The layer of gas that helps protect the Earth from harmful solar radiation

• Atmosphere

• Ozone

• Alluvial fan

• Erosion

A path

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• ozone

Earth's original super continent

• Ur

• Equinox

• Pangaea

• Satellite

Large, slow-moving sheets of ice

• Glaciers

• Icebergs

• Snow caps

• Ice Faults

A body that orbits a larger body

• Revolution

• Star

• Satellite

• Nova