https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf Ms.Larkin’s 5th period class en-us 2020-02-09 15:53:55 UTC 2025-10-25 13:04:12 UTC hello@padlet.com troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442704063 2020-02-09 16:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442704063 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442704631 Biomes- Large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain type of living things. community of plants and animals that have common characteristics for the environment they exist in. They can be found over a range of continents. Biomes are distinct biological communities that have formed to share a physical climate.]]> 2020-02-09 16:03:47 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442704631 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442705173 Lithosphere- Solid, outer part of the Earth. The lithosphere includes the brittle upper portion of the mantle and the crust, the outermost layers of Earth’s structure.  ]]> 2020-02-09 16:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442705173 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442705874 Hydrosphere- All the water’s on Earth’s surface. Earth's water came from the rocks that formed the earth and from the comets and asteroids that hit the earth.]]> 2020-02-09 16:11:14 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442705874 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442706374 Atmosphere- Gases surrounding the Earth. The atmosphere of Earth protects life on Earth by creating pressure allowing for liquid water to exist on the Earth's surface, absorbing ultraviolet solar radiation, warming the surface through heat retention (greenhouse effect), and reducing temperature extremes between day and night.]]> 2020-02-09 16:14:10 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442706374 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442706852 Biosphere- Layer of Earth where life exists. The term "biosphere" was found by geologist Eduard Suess in 1875, which he defined as the place on Earth's surface where life dwells. ]]> 2020-02-09 16:17:03 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442706852 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442707402 Erosion- Wearing away of rocks and etc. on Earth’s surface. Water is the main reason of erosion on Earth. Rain, rivers, floods, lakes, and the ocean carry away bits of soil and sand and slowly wash away the sediment. Rainfall produces four types of erosion: splash erosion, sheet erosion, rill erosion, and gully erosion.]]> 2020-02-09 16:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442707402 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442707884 Tectonic Forces- Plate movement beneath Earth’s surface. Plate tectonic theory had its beginnings in 1915, when Alfred Wegener proposed his theory of "continental drift." Wegener proposed that the continents plowed through crust of ocean basins, which would explain why the outlines of many coastlines look like they fit together like a puzzle.]]> 2020-02-09 16:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442707884 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442708376 Climate- Weather conditions of a region, as temperature, air pressure, humidity, sunshine, and etc. Global warming is the ongoing rise in global average temperature near Earth's surface. It is caused mostly by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Global warming is causing climate patterns to change. ]]> 2020-02-09 16:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442708376 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442708982 Soil building process- Breakdown of rocks and organic materials that creates farmable land. Soil forms from fresh parent material through chemical and physical weathering processes and SOM is incorporated into soil through decomposition of plant residues and other biomass. Although these natural soil building processes regenerate the soil, the rate of soil formation is very slow.]]> 2020-02-09 16:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442708982 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442709365 Atoll- Coral island consisting of a reef surrounding a lagoon. Its first recorded use in English was in 1625 as atollon. Charles Darwin recognized its indigenous origin and coined, in his The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs, the definition of atolls as "circular groups of coral islets.”]]> 2020-02-09 16:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442709365 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442711169 Fjord- Narrow inlet of the sea between cliff and steep slopes. The fjords were created when huge glaciers recede over time, leaving behind a huge chasms that were subsequently flooded by sea water. ]]> 2020-02-09 16:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442711169 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442711667 Revolution- Motion of an object around a path. Earth's revolution around the sun is responsible for seasonal change and leap years. This path is shaped like an ellipse and has points when Earth is closer to the sun and farther from it. ]]> 2020-02-09 16:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442711667 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442712654 Rain shadow effect- Moist air gets blocked by mountains. Wind and moist air is drawn by the prevailing winds towards the top of the mountains, where it condenses and precipitates before it crosses the top. The air, without much moisture left, advances across the mountains creating a drier side called the "rain shadow". ]]> 2020-02-09 16:49:29 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442712654 troyrose80 https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442713497 Rotation- turning or circling around something. A test for Earth's rotation came from what's called a Foucault's pendulum, named after 19th century French physicist, Leon Foucault. A pendulum consists of a string or stick with a weight suspended at the end of it that is allowed to swing freely.]]> 2020-02-09 16:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/troyrose80/xemzvkrsnduf/wish/442713497