Earth's Systems Vocabulary Part 1

A type of air pollution that occurs when harmful gases produced by fossil fuels combine with water in the atmosphere and that water falls as precipitation.

• Acid rain

• Coriolis effect

• Leaf Area Index

• Chain reaction

The idea that one interaction leads to another reaction.

• Coriolis effect

• Chain Reaction

• Leaf Area Index

• Leeward side

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A force generated by the Earth's rotation, which affects the direction surface currents flow.

• Chain reaction

• Storm Surge

• Coriolis effect

• System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Prefix that means water

• Geo

• Bio

• Atmo

• Hydro

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The sphere that contains all of the water on Earth.

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An index collected by satellites from NASA that shows the average density of vegetation or plants covering the ground in a place.

• Coriolis effect

• Leaf Area Index

• System

• Chain Reaction

An event in which heavy ocean waves flood inland from the coast.

• Hydrosphere

• Leeward side

• Windward side

• Storm surge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A group of parts that work together to accomplish a goal.

• Chain Reaction

• Rain Shadow

• System

• Sphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A section of the geosphere that becomes a desert because a mountain or mountain range blocks precipitation.

• Water Vapor

• Geosphere

• Geo

• Rain Shadow

Water in gas form

• Evaporation

• Water Vapor

• Hydro

• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4