Science

• Deductive reasoning

  Analysis of specific cases using general principles
• Inductive reasoning

  Methods of discovering general principles of specific cases
• Atmosphere

  the air surrounding the earth consisting of nitrogen,oxygen and other gases.
• Methane

  Given off by decaying living things
• Carbon dioxide

  Gas exhaled by man,animals and given off by factories and vehicles
• Troposphere

  Closests to the earth surface,weather and climate occur here
• Stratosphere

  Minimal change of temperature is observed in this layer
• Mesosphere

  The temperature drops steadily up to an altitude
• Ionosphere

  Topmost layer of the atmosphere
• Thermosphere

  Has a temperature rises steadily
• Exosphere

  Outmost region of the atmosphere
• Hydrology

  The study of earth within the earth
• Humidity

  Moisture content of the atmosphere
• Dew point

  Condensation of water molecules occur
• Dew

  Water droplets formed on the surfaced caused by condensation
• Frost

  Water vapour will condense on surfaces as a solid
• Cloud

  Very tiny droplets of water also condensed in the sky
• Cumulus

  Rapid rising of moist air over a small area qnd is usually noticed during fair weather
• Stratus

  Spread out that looks like gray sheet at low levels
• Cirrus

  A cloud that looks like fibers of hair
• Fog

  Also cloud forms near the surface of the earth
• Cumulo-nimbus

  Nimbus means stormy
• Precipitation

  Any form of water condenses and fails back to the arths surface
• Hydrologic cycle

  Continuos cycle of water
• Pascal

  Unit of pressure
• Breeze

  Gentle wind
• Sea breeze

  Breeze originates from the ocean
• Monsoon

  Changing direction of winds from season to season
• Folding

  When the crust crumples or wrinkles due to compression or pushes from the opposites direction
• Faulting

  When the rock masses of the crust are pulled apart forming cracks or fractured
• Wind vane

  Apparatus where shows the wind is coming
• Anemometer

  Measuring the wimd speed
• Seafloor spreading

  A rift or brake was found at the middle of the ridge running along its length where ballistic magma wells out to the surface
• Plate tectonic theory

  Lithosphere is divided into six more laltes
• Spreading or divergent boundary

  Where two plates move apart leaving a gap between them
• Convergent boundary

  Two plates move away from each other
• Transform boundary

  Two plates move past each other,sliding scraping and deforming the edges of the continents
• Volcanism

  Building up of landforms due to volcanic activities is rapid and process is dramatic
• Tectonic

  Earthquake caused by the movement of tectonic plates
• Volcanic

  Caused by the movement of molten magma from deeo under the earths crust