Glossary of Scientific Terms

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A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

A

• Albedo
• Altocumulus clouds
• Altostratus clouds
• Ammonia
• Asteroid
• Astronomical Unit (AU)
• Atmospheric Chemistry
• Atomic Mass
• Atomic Nucleus
• Atomic Number
• Autotrophs
• Aphelion (Perihelion)

B

• Big Bang
• Biomes (Ecosystems)
• Blizzard

C

• Carbon Dioxide
• Carbon monoxide
• Cirrocumulus clouds
• Cirrostratus clouds
• Cirrus clouds
• Clouds
• Cold Fronts
• Condensation
• Contrails
• Cumulonimbus clouds
• Cumulus Clouds

D

• Desert Biome (Desert)
• Drizzle
• Dwarf Planet

E

• Ecosystems (Biomes)
• Earth Plate Tectonics
• Earth's Radiation Budget
• Easter Island
• Eccentricity
• Ekman Transport
• El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
• Electromagnetic (EM) Radiation
• Electromagnetic Spectrum
• Electron
• Element (Chemical Element)
• Elliptical Orbits
• Eris - a dwarf planet
• Extreme Environments
• Extremophiles
• Eye of the Hurricane
• Earth System Science (The Earth System)

F

• Fault (Geologic Fault)
• Fog
• Front (Weather Fronts)

G

• Geologic Fault (Fault)
• Gamma Ray Radiation
• Geosphere Brainstorm

H

• Hadley Cell
• Half-Life
• Heat Waves
• Heterotrophs
• High Clouds
• Hydrocarbons
• Hydrogen Peroxide

I

• Infrared (IR) Radiation
• Intertidal Zone
• IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
• Isotope

K

• Kelvin-Helmholtz Clouds
• Kingdom Plantae

L

• Lenticular Clouds
• Light Pollution
• Liquids
• Low Clouds
• Light (Visible Light)

M

• Magnitude (of stars)
• Mammatus Clouds
• Megacities
• Methane
• Middle Clouds
• Marine Ecosystem (The Marine Ecosystem)

N

• Neutron
• Nimbostratus clouds
• Nitric Acid
• Nitric oxide (Nitrogen dioxide)
• Nitrogen
• Noctilucent Clouds
• North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)

O

• Occluded Fronts
• Ocean
• Ocean Chemistry
• Ocean Upwelling (Upwelling)
• Ocean Waves (Waves)
• Oxygen
• Ozone
• Ozone Layer
• Ocean Currents (Surface Ocean Currents)

P

• PAN - Peroxyacytyl nitrate
• Particle Radiation
• Perihelion (Aphelion)
• Photochemical Smog (Smog)
• Photodissociation
• Photon
• Photosynthesis
• Plankton
• Pressure
• Proton

R

• Radiation
• Radio Waves
• Radioactive
• Rain Shadow
• Relativity Theory
• Respiration
• Rainforest (Tropical Rainforests)

S

• Smog (Photochemical Smog)
• Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Damage-Potential Scale
• Sea Level
• Sea Salt Aerosols
• Solid
• Space Junk
• Stationary Fronts
• Stratocumulus clouds
• Stratosphere
• Stratus clouds
• Sulfate Aerosols from Plankton
• Sulfur dioxide (Sulfur trioxide)
• Sulfuric Acid
• Supercomputer
• Surface Ocean Currents (Ocean Currents)

T

• Teleconnections
• Temperate Forests
• The Coriolis Effect
• The Domain Eukaryota
• The Earth System (Earth System Science)
• The Marine Ecosystem (Marine Ecosystem)
• The Southern Ocean
• The Year Without a Summer
• Tides of the Ocean
• Trans-Neptunian Object (TNO)
• Transformers
• Tropical Rainforests (Rainforest)
• Tundra Biome

U

• Upwelling (Ocean Upwelling)
• Ultraviolet (UV) Radiation
• Urban Heat Island Effect
• Urban Heat Islands

V

• Visible Light (Light)

W

• Waves (Ocean Waves)
• Walker Circulation
• Warm Fronts
• Wavelength
• Weather Fronts (Front)
• What is VOCALS?

X

• X-ray Radiation

Page created July 14, 2005 by Randy Russell.
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