APES UNIT 4 Vocab

___________ is the starting point for most soil development and is the basic geological material in a particular location

______ is a distinct layer of soil

_____ Is the cross-section of a soil as a

whole, from the surface to the bedrock.

Types of soil textures

• Sand

• Silt

• Clay

• Loam

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The_____extends from earth’s surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Match the following

• Third closest to earth’s surface

• Thermosphere

• Fourth the closest to the earth surface

• Troposphere

• Second closest to earth surface

• Stratosphere

• extending from earth’s surface

• Mesosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ contains the thinnest air out of all the layers of the atmosphere

shields us and other living things from the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation

• Ozone layer

• Stratosphere

• Trees

• Thermosphere

_____ are low-latitude overturning circulations that have air rising at the equator and air sinking at roughly 30° latitude

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

_______ refers to a model that belongs to the mid-latitude region of the Earth's wind flow.