Bethany Flashcards
Evaporation
Process by which liquid changes to gas.
Ecosystem
Communities of plants and animals.
Erosion
Movement of surface material from one location of another by water, wind, and ice.
Headwaters
Fist and smallest streams formed from the runoff of a mountain, eventually forming rivers
Crop Rotation
The practice of planting different crops in a field in alternating years.
Condensation
The process of which water vapor changes from gas into liquid drops.
Magma
Liquid rock within Earth.
Glacier
Thick masses of ice, Including great ice sheets and bodies of ice that flow down mountains like slow rivers.
Tributary
Any smaller stream or river that flows into a larger steam or river.
Deforestation
Destruction or loss of forests.
Weathering
The process by which rocks break and decay over time.
Plateau
An elevated flatland that rises sharply above nearby land on at least one side.
Humus
Broken-down plant and animal matter in soil.
Reforestation
The replanting of a forest.
Sediment
Small particles of weathered rock.