SCIENCE

• Weathering a natural process of slowly breaking down rocks into smaller particles
• Erosion The transport of rocks and soil to another place
• Meteorology is a science that deals with the study of weather
• Weather is the condition of the lower layer of the atmosphere at a given time and place
• Watercycle The continuous flow of water on the earth's surface
• Tornado The smallest but violent of all weather disturbance
• Typhoon eye A place of calm and stable weather
• Tides The rise and fall of water
• Temperature The degree of hotness and coldness of the surronding air
• Solar wind The outflow of hot gases from corona into the space
• Rocks the essential building materials of the earth
• Mineral An element or compound found in rocks
• the softest material talc
• The hardest mineral diamond
• an important product of weathering soil
• the best type of soil for most plants loam soil
• Moving air wind
• an instrument used to detect the direction of the wind Windvane
• Used for measuring air pressure Barometer
• Used to measure the wind speed Anemometer
• The first man on the moon Neil Armstrong
• THe center of the solar system and the largest body on it Sun
• The outermost layer referred to as the Sun' Crown Corona
• The earths closest neighbor in space Moon
• Willy willy a tropical cyclone that originates in australia
• Land breeze the cooler and heavier air coming from the land replacing the rising warm air from the sea
• Aurora Borealis Known as the Northern Lights
• Perigee the point at which the moon is closest to the Earth
• Revolution the movement of the planets around the sun in its orbit
• Solar Eclipse an Eclipse where the moon is between the sun and the Earth
• Hurricane tropical cyclone originating in the atlantic or northern pacific
• Sea breeze Cooler and heavier air coming from the sea replacing the rising warm air from the land
• Solar flare is a large explosion in the sun's atmosphere releasing massive amount of energy
• Spring a kind of tide where high tide goes far up while low tide drops low
• Aurora Australis Southern lightsd
• ROtation the spinning movement of the sun and the planets on their axis
• Apogee the point at which the moon is farthest to the earth
• Lunar Eclipse the SUn, the eatrh and the moon are in the straight line
• Cyclone A tropical Cyclone originating in the indian ocean
• Thunderstorm a common weather disturbance characterized by strong wind,brilliant displays of lighting and roaring thunder, followed by a heavy downpour