Unit 1 Vocab

Question 1

Differentiation

Answer 1

When forming planets are liquid hot materials sort by density with metals going inward and gasses bubbling out

Question 2

Hydrosphere

Answer 2

Liquid water portion of earth from the deepest aquifer to the highest cloud

Question 3

Troposphere

Answer 3

Lowest level of the atmosphere which contains 99 percent of life

Question 4

Biosphere

Answer 4

Section of earth that contains all life

Question 5

Lithosphere

Answer 5

Solid rock portion of earth’s crust and uppermost mantle

Question 6

Big bang

Answer 6

leading theory on the formation of the universe

Question 7

Absorption

Answer 7

The process by which a material takes in energy or material

Question 8

Density

Answer 8

Relationship between mass and volume, how compact molecules are in a substance

Question 9

Radiation

Answer 9

Sometimes referred to as the electromagnetic spectrum, any energy that moves across space in the form of waves

Question 10

REradiation

Answer 10

The process by which a material absorbs energy then gives off the same or a variable wavelength of energy

Question 11

Crust

Answer 11

Thin outermost layer of solid earth

Question 12

Asthenosphere

Answer 12

Partially molten layer of the mantle defined by convection currents

Question 13

Inner core

Answer 13

Solid iron and nickel and deepest layer of earth

Question 14

Outer core

Answer 14

Liquid iron and nickel layer between the mantle and inner core

Question 15

Evolve

Answer 15

The process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of earth

Question 15

Outgassing

Answer 15

The process where gas bubbles out of volcanoes to earths surface

Question 16

Silicate

Answer 16

Rocks that contain minerals with both the elements of silicon and oxygen

Question 17

Gravity

Answer 17

The force that attracts a body towards the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass

Question 17

Nebula

Answer 17

Cloud of space dust (Mostly hydrogen) that forms celestial body’s

Question 18

Photosynthesis

Answer 18

The process by which plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water

Question 19

Terrestrial

Answer 19

Planets that share characteristics of being small, close to the sun, and with a solid surface

Question 20

Jovian

Answer 20

Planets that share characteristics of being high mass, far from the sun and with a thick gaseous atmosphere

Question 21

Celestial

Answer 21

Having to do with outer space or the sky

Question 22

Accretion

Answer 22

The process of growth of increase, typically by the gradual accumulation of additional layers or matter