Earth Science Spring Final

4. The motion that that describes the westward movement of the planets.
6. Means "Jupiter-like"
7. He concluded that earth was a planet.
8. An air mass that forms over land.
9. The temperature within this layer of the atmosphere will increase with temperature because of the ozone.
11. The soil that optimizes agriculture production.
12. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular energy.
13. Based off of years of observations that describe a place or region.
14. The conversion of a gas directly into solid, without ever going through the liquid stage.
16. Soil is considered this, because it doesn't change.
18. He formalized and then tested the law of universal gravitation.
19. The layer of the atmosphere that protects us from meteor's that are in the same path as earth.
20. Is the source of all clouds and precipitation, but also absorbs heat that is given off by earth.
21. Has the second largest particle size for soil type.
22. The transfer of heat by the movement of mass or substance.

1. The soil texture of 31% Sand, 15% Silt, 54% Clay
2. The dark moist layer found in topsoil that is made of dead and decaying matter.
3. This is when the temperature increases instead of decreases within the troposphere, with height.
5. An earth-centered universe.
8. One of the three reactants of the photosynthesis process. ______ + H2O + (light)----> O2 + Glucose
10. A severe tropical storm that is among the powerful in the world.
15. An air mass that forms over a body of water.
17. When matter collides in space and forms an irregular shape.