Earth Science Spring Final

3. The layer of the atmosphere that protects us from meteor's that are in the same path as earth.
6. An air mass that forms over a body of water.
8. Based off of years of observations that describe a place or region.
9. One of the three reactants of the photosynthesis process. ______ + H2O + (light)----> O2 + Glucose
10. When matter collides in space and forms an irregular shape.
12. Is the source of all clouds and precipitation, but also absorbs heat that is given off by earth.
13. The motion that that describes the westward movement of the planets.
16. An earth-centered universe.
19. An air mass that forms over land.
21. The dark moist layer found in topsoil that is made of dead and decaying matter.
22. This is when the temperature increases instead of decreases within the troposphere, with height.

1. He formalized and then tested the law of universal gravitation.
2. He concluded that earth was a planet.
4. A severe tropical storm that is among the powerful in the world.
5. Soil is considered this, because it doesn't change.
7. Means "Jupiter-like"
11. The temperature within this layer of the atmosphere will increase with temperature because of the ozone.
14. The conversion of a gas directly into solid, without ever going through the liquid stage.
15. Has the second largest particle size for soil type.
17. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular energy.
18. The soil texture of 31% Sand, 15% Silt, 54% Clay
19. The transfer of heat by the movement of mass or substance.
20. The soil that optimizes agriculture production.