- Geyser: hot spring that shoots hot water or steam intermittently
- Wetland: area of land covered in water
- International Date Line: imaginary line near 180 degrees longitude where each day begins (this line is internationally agreed upon)
- Deposition: air, water or ice laying down sediments
- Cold Front: boundary between masses of cold air and warm air whereas the cold air mass pushes the warm air mass upwards, thus causing a storm
- Fauna: animals
- Saturation: when the air can contain no mire water vapor causing the water to condense, in the form of dew
- Loess: Sediments of clay and silt that are deposited by the wind that generally appears yellowish
- Beaufort Scale: scale developed by Francis Beaufort (British admiral) to measure wind speeds visually. The scale goes from 0 to 12, with with 0 being rather tranquil and 12 being of hurricane strength
- Trade Winds: Winds that blow from high pressure zones of tropical areas toward the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) or doldrums
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Sunday, August 25, 2013
Vocabulary Sheet #3
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