Earth Science Vocabulary Review Part 2

features on the surface of the earth such as mountains, hills, dunes, oceans, and rivers

• features

• landforms

• characteristics

• deltas

the amount of matter in an object

• density

• weight

• mass

• physical property

a natural object that orbits a planet. some planets have none, others have over 60 of these.

• planets

• satellites

• moons

• craters

the time during its rotation when Earth faces away from the Sun and it is dark. this rotation gives the false appearance that stars move across the sky.

• night

• fall

• winter

• day

materials from Earth that cannot be replaced within a reasonable amount of time. for example: oil, coal, and natural gas

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• fossils

• sediments

the path an object takes as it revolves around another object in space

• path

• rotation

• orbit

• track

materials introduced into an environment that cause damage, discomfort, or instability

• fossils

• pollution

• sanitizer

• resources

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds in the sky

• condensation

• runoff

• evaporation

• precipitation

materials from the earth that can be replaced by nature in a short period of time

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• sediments

• resources

to move in a circular path or orbit

• rotate

• travel

• revolve

• orbit