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Wadsworth Magnet School

Dekalb County Schools

Key Terms

         

 

Natural Resources and Hydrology:
Terracing
Contour Plowing
Crop Rotation
Cover Crop
No-Till Farming
Wind Break
Natural Resources
Conservation
Desertification
Energy
Renewable/Sustainable/Alternative
Non-Renewable/ Traditional/Conventional
Solar
Wind
Biomass
Geothermal
Hydropower
Nuclear
Oil
Natural Gas
Coal
Fossil Fuels
Hydrology
Composition
Topography
Location
Salt water
Salinity
Freshwater
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Continental Rise
Continental Margin
Abyssal Plain
Seamount
Volcanic Island
Mid Ocean Ridge
Trench
Rivers
Oceans
Lakes
Global Warming
Climate change


Physical Processes:
Pangaea
Continental Drift
Fossils
Rock Sequence
Climate
Puzzle Pieces
Alfred Wegener
Plate Tectonics
Layered Curriculum
Weathering
Erosion
Chemical Weathering
Mechanical Weathering
Differential Weathering 
Frost action
Ice Wedging
Abrasion
Oxidation
Hydrolysis
Exfoliation
Acid Rain
Friction
Carbonic Acid
Sinkhole
Root Pry
Logging
Rooting of plants
Windbreak
Fossil
Index Fossil
Amber
Ice
Asphalt
Fossilization
Petrified Wood
Law of Superposition
Soil
Horizon
Horizon A /Top Soil
Horizon B/ Sub Soil
Horizon C / Bedrock
Permeability
Percolation
Infiltration
Leaching


Geology:
Layers
Crust
Continental
Oceanic
Mantle
Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
Mesosphere
Inner core
Outer core
Density
Convection Currents
Mineral
Inorganic
Natural
Streak
Scratch
Moh’s Hardness Scale
Cleavage
Fracture
Luster
Grains
Crystalline Structure
Chemical Composition
Crystals
Intrusive
Extrusive
Cementation
Compaction
Heat
Pressure
Foliated
Fossils
Layers
Sediments
Weathering
Deposition
Erosion
Rock Cycle
Plate Tectonics
Lithosphere
Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Transform Boundary
Mountain
Earthquake
Mid-Ocean Ridge
Rift Valley
Trench
Pangaea
Continental Drift
Fossils
Rock Sequence
Climate
Puzzle Pieces
Alfred Wegener
Plate Tectonics
 

Astronomy:

Theory

Law

Big Bang

Singularity

Geocentric

Heliocentric

Ptolemy

Copernicus

Galileo

Galaxy

Spiral 

Elliptical

Irregular

Planet

Terrestrial

Jovian

Gravity

Gaseous

Retrograde Rotation

Prograde Rotation

Axis

Orbit

Rotation

Revolution 

Inertia

Gravity

Elliptical

Thrust

Comet

Asteroid

Meteoroid

Meteor

Meteorite

Phase

Waxing Crescent

First Quarter

Waxing Gibbous

Full Moon

Waning Gibbous

Third Quarter

Waning Crescent

Lunar Month

Eclipse

Solar Eclipse

Lunar Eclipse

Penumbra

Umbra

 


Scientific Method:

Problem

Research

Hypothesis

Materials

Procedure/Experiment

Observations/Data

Analysis

Conclusion

Safety Procedures and Lab Tools:


Lab Tools
 Beaker
 Graduated Cylinder
 Triple Beam Balance
 Test tube
 Variable 
 Dependent
 Independent
Constant

Control