Chapter 3

rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls from clouds

• precipitation
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

a single, large, interconnected body of water that covers 70% of Earth's surface

• world ocean
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

tiny, liquid droplets found in the atmosphere

• aerosols
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

the flow of heat from a warmer object to a cooler object when the objects are placed in direct physical contact

• conduction
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

vibration caused by slippage along a fault

• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation
• world ocean

the lower thermosphere

• ionosphere
• earthquake
• tributaries
• evaporation
• world ocean

the process in which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmosphere as water vapor

• evaporation
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• world ocean

bottom layer of ocean from base of thermocline to the bottom of the ocean

• deep zone
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

Earth's innermost compositional layer

• core
• earthquake
• tributaries
• ionosphere
• evaporation

smaller streams or rivers that flow into larger ones

• tributaries
• earthquake
• ionosphere
• evaporation
• world ocean