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Earth Science Vocab 6

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AltitudeThe height above sea level of a place,
Cinder Cone VolcanoCone build up by the accumulation of loose bits of magma (scoria) that fall around a vent or crater after being expelled into the air during moderately explosive activity. If still sufficiently hot they meld when they fall to the ground.,
CrustThe outermost rock layer of Earth, which contains all of Earth’s surface features,
Elastic ReboundThe bending and subsequent “catching up” of the crust,
Full MoonThe phase of the moon that occurs when Earth is between the sun and the moon, so that all of the moon’s lighted side can be seen from Earth,
HumidityThe amount of moisture (water vapor) present in the atmosphere.,
Low-Pressure SystemA large area where air is rising, causing low surface air pressure; also called a low.,
MoonA natural satellite revolving around a planet.,
Parent RockOriginal rock from which something else was formed. It is mainly used in the context of soil formation where the parent rock will have a large influence on the nature of the resulting soil.,
PrecipitationWater, in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail, falling from clouds in the sky,
Rift ValleyElongated depression, trough, or graben in the earth's crust, bounded on both sides by normal faults and occurring on the continents or under the oceans.,
SmogA haze in the atmosphere produced by the reaction of sunlight with pollutants from cars and factories.,
SubductionA geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate,
Transform BoundaryAlso known as conservative plate boundary, is a fault which runs along the boundary of a tectonic plate. The relative motion of such plates is horizontal in either sinistral or dextral direction,
Warm FrontThe boundary formed when a warm air mass slides up and over a cool air mass.,



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