Earth+Science+Vocab

__** Unit 4: Alternative Energy **__
 * global warming, greenhouse gases, fossil fuels, renewable, nonrenewable, wind energy, solar energy, hydropower, geothermal, nuclear energy, fission, fusion, kinetic energy, potential energy, electrical energy, gravitational energy, motion energy, radiant energy, thermal energy, stored mechanical energy, biomass

__** Unit 3: Dynamic Earth **__ //Plate Tectonics//
 * continental volcanic arc, convergent boundary, divergent boundary, oceanic ridge, seafloor spreading, plate tectonics, rift valley, plate, subduction zone, continental drift, volcanic island arc, trench, Alfred Wegner, Harry Hess, transform fault boundary

//Layers of the Earth//
 * crust, core, mantle, lithosphere, asthenosphere, inner core, outer core, continental crust, oceanic crust, convection currents, plastic

//**Earthquakes**//
 * //**strike-slip fault, reverse fault, normal fault, focus, magnitude, Richter scale, Mercalli scale, fault plane, tension, shearing, compression, primary wave, secondary wave, surface wave, intensity**//

//Volcanoes//
 * hot spot, magma, lava, pyroclastic flows, viscosity, composite volcano, cinder cone volcano, shield volcano

__** Unit 2: Atoms & Energy **__
 * pressure, compound, atom, protons, neutrons, half-life, covalent bonds, electrons, nucleus, radioactive decay, temperature, atomic cloud, matter, atomic number, heat, molecule, ions, reactivity, ionic bonds, atomic mass, density, isotope, volume, mixture, kinetic energy, potential energy

__** Unit 1: Lab Skills **__
 * scientific method, control, hypothesis, observation,independent variable, dependent variable, data, constant, quantitative, qualitative, inference, variable