SQ - Science Vocabulary

typical weather of a particular place or region averaged over at least 30 years

layers of gases surrounding Earth and bound to Earth by gravity

giant rivers flowing through the oceans

Earth's filter for harmful UV radiation

Bands of colored light in the night sky near the north and south poles

Climate is weather averaged over a period of at least how many years?

How far out away from Earth does the atmosphere extend into space?

An especially cold period in Earth's history when ice extended far out from the poles

large mass of land ice that covers most of the underlying bedrock

large mass of ice floating in the sea; usually breaks off from a glacier