Science

• Location - a position of an abject
• Latidudinal line - (HORIZONTAL) It run in an east-west direction across earth
• Longitudinal line - (VERTICAL) It run in a north-south direction
• Relative location - Its location in relation to other places
• Absolute location - more accurate in terms of latitude and longditude
• Philippines absolute location is between 50 to 210 north latitude ang 1140 to 1270 east longitude
• Archipelago - Greek = arkhi and pelago = sea
• Coral triangle - 600000000 km2
• Elevation - distance above sea level
• Major landform / landmass - they make up the surface of the earth
• mountain - high and rugged with an elevation of at least 2,000 feet
• Sierra madre mountain - longest mountain in the philippines
• Tephra - refers to airbone matter
• bombs - rocks or lava fragments blasted off, semi-solid diameter greater than 64 mm
• blocks - rocks or lava fragments blasted off, solid diameter greater than 64 mm
• Lapili - 2 and 64 mm in diameter
• ash - fragments less than 2 mm in diameter
• hill - 500 to 2000 feet
• Plains- plain grass
• Valley - a river running through middle
• wetland - flooded by water
• ocean - made up of salt water and are the largest bodies of water on earth
• seas - smaller than oceans
• rivers - Begins at the source and ends at the mouth
• lakes - a body of water that is surrounded by land
• atmosphere - atmosphere consists of layers of air that surround the earth
• Troposphere - (FIRST) the layer closest to the surface of earth
• stratosphere - (SECOND) the temperature in this layer becomes warmer
• mesosphere - (THIRD) the coldest layer of atmosphere
• Thermosphere - (FOURTH) Temperatures in this layer are very high, more than 2000 degrees fahrenheit
• Exosphere - is the outermost layer of the earth's atmosphere
• thunderstorm - lightning and thunder
• Tropical cyclone -greek word kyklos, means coiling snake
• Tropical depression - less than 62 km/h
• tropical storm - 62 km/h
• monsoon - mausiun = seasonal wind
• Amihan - northeast monsoon
• Habagat - southwest monsoon
• coriolis effect - bring rain from may to september