Science Lesson 1, 1, 2 Flashcards
The outermost layer of Earth
Crust
The boundary between the lower crust and the upper mantle.
Mohorovicic discontinuity
Moho
Underneath the crust
Composed of peridotite
Mantle
The boundary between the lower mantle and the outer core.
Guttenberg discontuity
The central part of the earth.
It has an inner and an outer part
Core
The boundary between the outer core and the inner core.
Lehmann discontinuity
The very center of the typhoon
cloud-free
Eye
The part of the typhoon that is composed of tall rings of thunderstorms that produce heavy rains and strong winds.
Eye Wall
Clouds that move away from the eye wall spirally.
This band brings heavy rain and winds
Rainbands
Clouds that move away from the eye wall spirally.
This band brings heavy rain and winds
Rainbands
It is made up of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the sun.
also known as dirty snowballs
Comets
It is made up of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the sun.
also known as dirty snowballs
Comets
Is solid and known as the central part of the comet.
Nucleus
Cloud around the nucleus
Coma
Dust particles away from the coma
Comet’s tail
Is found at the outermost part of the solar system.
Oort Cloud
Is an area where most comets are found and is located near the orbits of Neptune up to Pluto.
Kuiper Belt
Are debris that are usually rocky and metallic in nature that orbit the solar system.
Meteoroids
Are generally rocky and irregularly shaped celestial objects that are formed from remnants of the formation of the solar system.
Asteroids
The process that invloves the breaking down of rocks and minerals found on the surface of the earth.
Weathering
