Vocabulary List 3

the process in which certain gases (carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor) trap sunlight energy in Earth’s atmosphere as heat

• weather

• greenhouse effect

• photic zone

• aphotic zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

average year-to-year conditions of temperature and precipitation in an area over a long period of time

• weather

• greenhouse effect

• climate

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

day-to-day conditions of the atmosphere, including temperature, precipitation, and other factors

• weather

• greenhouse effect

• climate

• biome

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

sunlight region near the surface of water

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• hydrosphere

• -ology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

dark layer of the oceans below the photic zone where sunlight does not penetrate

• aphotic zone

• photic zone

• hydrosphere

• -ology

study of

• bio-

• a-

• climate

• -ology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

without

• bio-

• a-

• climate

• -ology

life

• bio-

• a-

• climate

• -ology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

ecosystem in which water either covers the soil or is present at or near the surface for at least part of the year

• wetland

• biome

• photic zone

• hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

all of the water--salt water and fresh water, in the form of liquid, ice, or vapor--above and below Earth's surface and in the atmosphere

• wetland

• biome

• photic zone

• hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4