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Earth Science 12
Earth Science
Term | Definition |
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evidence | facts or information that support a claim |
extinction | death of a species |
fossil | imprint, track, remains or other evidence of an ancient organism from the past |
landform | a physical structure that occurs naturally on Earth |
model | a picture, idea or object that represents an object that helps us understand it better but has limitations |
prehistoric | time before recorded history |
weathering | process by which rock is broken down by water, wind, or ice |
atmosphere | the air that surrounds Earth |
axis | the imaginary line that an object rotates such as Earth |
equator | the imaginary line that divides Earth into the northern and southern hemispheres |
orbit | the path that an object follows as it revolves around another object |
Prime Meridian | the imaginary longitudinal line which all other lines are measured |