| A | B |
|---|
| Qualitative observation | gathering information using your senses |
| Quantitative observation | gathering information by counting or measuring |
| conduction | heat transfer by direct contact |
| radiation | heat transfer through air or space |
| convection | heat transfer by movement of a heated fluid |
| diverging | plate movement in which plates pull apart |
| converging | plate movement in which plates push together |
| sea floor spreading | plates diverge and molten material adds new sea floor |
| subduction | plate movement in which one plate goes under another |
| transform | plate movement in which plates move side by side |
| triangulation | process used to locate an earthquake epicenter |
| crystallization | process in which something becomes solid |
| classification | process in which objects are put into groups |
| compaction | sediments are pressed together |
| cementation | sediments are glued together with minerals |
| erosion | movement of sediments |
| deposition | sediments are put down in a new location |
| weathering | process that breaks rocks into sediments |
| abrasion | type of physcal weathering where rocks scratch or scrape |
| oxidation | oxygen attaches to and changes some minerals |
| carbonation | carbon dioxide combines with water to make carbonic acid |
| rotation | spinning on an axis |
| revolution | movement of one object around another |
| evaporation | liquid becomes a gas |
| condensation | water vapor becomes liquid water |
| transpiration | green leaves of plants put water vapor into the atmosphere |
| precipitation | water falls from a cloud |
