Science Vocab (courtesy of Kelly)
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- el nino/nina
- the name given short term periodic change in the location of warm and cold masses in the pacific.. cooler water is nino
- prevailing winds
- winds that go in one direction throughout the year, movement of air throughout the atmosphere
- ecology
- study of how living things interact with each other and non living things
- nonrenewable
- a resource that forms at a much slower rate then the rate that is is consumed
- Hypothesis
- Shows the relationship between the dependent and independent variable.
- IPCC
- intergovernmental panel on climate change
- Celsius
- preferred unit for temperature in a science laboratory
- control group
- group without treatment or nothing done to it
- chlorofluorocarbon
- CFC's human made chemicals damaging the ozone layer
- mesosphere
- third layer of the earths atmosphere, shooting stars, strong winds, temp decrease
- biodegradable
- capable of being decomposed by natural process
- First law of Thermodynamics
- energy cannot be created or destroyed
- insulator
- a material or substance that does not allow heat transfer
- environmental science
- the study of how humans interact with the environment
- dependent variable
- what changes as the result of the independent variable
- latitude
- the distance from the equator measured in degrees north or south. latitude from equator will determine climate
- human error
- mistake in following procedure
- ice cores
- pieces of ice used to track earths past weather
- thermosphere
- fourth layer, space shuttles orbit
- decibels
- unit of measurement of the intensity of sound
- domestication
- breeding animals/ plants
- polar stratospheric clouds
- during the spring the high altitude clouds made of water nitric acid.. think CFS's
- pollution
- substances that are let into our environment that are very harmful
- UV radiation
- damaging rays from the sun
- renewable
- resource that can be replaces relatively quickly by natural process
- experimental group
- group with treatment
- Global Warming
- The warming of the earth
- kyoto protocol
- a document to sign to reduce emissions
- kelvin
- a unit of measurement of the movement of molecules
- sustainability
- the condition in which humans needs met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely
- convection current
- transfer of energy in gas or liquid by means of the current within
- radiation
- the transfer of energy in the form of rays, waves, or particles
- temperature inversion
- the atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler are near the earths surface
- experimental error
- flaw in design of procedure
- catalytic converter
- filters out pollutants before it goes out of the car
- ozone layer
- area in the stratosphere where ozone is highly concentrated
- depleted
- when a large fraction of the recourse has been used up
- conductor
- a material or substance that allows heat transfer
- Brownian motion
- the atoms that make up matter in a constant motion
- cold
- the absence of heat
- tragedy of the commons
- A public place that is abused when short term interests is placed ahead of long term intrests.
- stratosphere
- second layer of earths atmosphere, few clouds, little water,ozone layer
- atmosphere
- mixture of gases surrounding earth
- conduction
- the transfer of energy between the particles of matter, when two things touch they transfer heat energy
- Responsibility Point
- A point given each day depending on how you act in class
- troposphere
- bottom layer of earths atmosphere, weather, clouds, human life. densest layer
- weather
- state of atmosphere at a particular place, at a particular moment
- calorie
- the amount of heat energy that food can heat 1 graham of water 1 degree celsius
- oblique
- at an angle the sun rays hits earth
- states of matter
- solid liquid gas .. plasma
- asbestos
- thin fiber that are valued resistance to heat
- exosphere
- fifth and last layer of the earths atmosphere, exit from earth into space
- natural resource
- any natural material that is used by humans
- sounds pollution
- unwanted sound, modern living, damages hearing above 120 decibels
- Third law of Thermodynamics
- at 0 kelvin Brownian motion stops
- ozone good/bad
- good in stratosphere protection from Uv rays, bad near by in the troposphere causes air pollution and damages human health
- light pollution
- energy waste, diminishes our view of night sky but has no direct hazard toward human health
- heat and temperature
- energy.... measure of heat
- ions
- electically charged atoms
- ozone hole
- the thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles
- independent variable
- experiment controlled by the experimenter, purposely change
- greenhouse effect
- process by which the atmosphere traps heat radiated up from the earth
- greenhouse gases
- gases such as carbon dioxide, CFC. methane and nitrous oxide
- biodiversity
- a lot of different animals an i place
- topography
- the surface of land
- risk assessment
- tools that can help us create cost effective ways to help our health car and environment
- convection
- the transfer of energy in a gas or liquid, hot rises cold falls
- seasons
- the tilt of the earth determined where the sun rays hit the earth
- montreal protocol
- signing for elimination of CFC's