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uneven heating
different heating and cooling of earth’s surface causing weather
Air
The invisible gas substance surrounding earth
Solar energy
Energy from the sun
Compress
makes smaller by pressure
Astronomy
a study of the universe and the objects in it
air pressure
the force exerted on a surface by the mass of the air around or in contact with it
telescope
an instrument that makes distant objects appear closer and larger
Hydrosphere
all of the water on earth (ice and water vapor)
geosphere
the solid, rocky part of earth’s crust
mass
The amount of “stuff”
energy transfer
movement of energy (heat) from one substance to another
earth materials
non living things/substances that compose the earth (solid rock , sand and water)
heat
hot energy
constants
the parts of the experiment that are kept the same
temperature
a measure of moving energy of particles that make matter