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Translation of Physical Setting & Earth Science terms based on the Coursework for Physical Setting & Earth Science Grades 9 to 12.

Word-for-word glossaries are used for testing accommodations for ELL/LEP students

Last Updated: November 2016

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EARTH SCIENCE GLOSSARY HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL

NYS Statewide Language RBERN 1

ENGLISH PUNJABI

A abrasion , absolute age absolute humidity absolute zero absorption acid acid rain acid test actual evapotranspiration adiabatic temperature change - aeration aerobic bacteria aerosol air mass air pressure alkaline alluvial fan altitude anemometer anaerobic bacteria angle of isolation annual eclipse aphelion apogee -

apparent daily motion apparent magnitude , apparent planetary diameter arete arid ash , atmosphere atmospheric pressure atmospheric variables

B barometer barometric pressure



ENGLISH PUNJABI barrier beach basin bed load bedrock - bench mark - boulder ,

C calorie

canyon ,

capillary

carbon dating

celestial object

carrying power

cementation

centrifugal force

chemical weathering

chlorofluorocarbons

cirque

clay

cleavage ,

climate

cloud

cold front

colloids

compound ,

compression ,

compression wave

condensation

conduction ,

conservation of energy

continental drift

continental plate

continental climate

continental shelf



ENGLISH PUNJABI continental tropical air mass -

contact metamorphism

conservation

convection convectional cell

convector

converge

coordinate system

core

Coriolis effect

correlation -

crater

crust

crystal ,

cyclic change

cyclone

D daily motion

deficit ,

degree

delta

density

deposit ,

desert

desertification

Devonian Period

dew

dew point temperature -

dike ,

dinosaur

direct ray

discharge



ENGLISH PUNJABI displacements sediments ,

distorted structure

divergence

Doppler effect

drainage -

drumlin ,

dry bulb thermometer

duration of insolation -

dust storm

dynamic equilibrium ,

E earthquake

eccentricity

electromagnetic energy element ,

eclipse

elliptical

energy

epicenter ,

equilibrium

equinox ,

erosion ,

escarpment

esker

eutrophication

evaporation

F fault ,

field , ,

focus

folded strata

fossil ,



ENGLISH PUNJABI fracture ,

friction

front

G geocentric model

geographic poles

geologic time scale

geosyncline

glacier

graded bedding

gradient ,, -

gravity , -

gram

greenhouse effect

groundwater

H half life

heat energy

heat of fusion

heat of vaporization

heliocentric model -

high pressure

horizontal

horizontal sorting

humidity

hydrosphere -,

hypothesis ,

I ice

igneous rock

impermeable index fossil



ENGLISH PUNJABI infiltration

inner core

insolation -

interface

intrusion -

Intrusive igneous rock

ionosphere -

isobar

isoline

isostasy

isotherm

isotope -

J jet stream ,

joint ,

K kame

kettle ,

kinetic energy

Keplers Law of Motion

L landscape -

latent heat

latitude ,

latitudinal climate patterns

lava

length

liter

lithosphere

local noon

longitude -



ENGLISH PUNJABI low pressure (aired front) ( )

luster

M magma -

magnetic declination ,

mantle

marine climate

maritime polar air mass

maritime tropical air mass -

mass

matter

meander

mean solar day

measurement ,

meniscus -

meridian ,

metamorphic rock

meter

mid-ocean ridge - /-

milli

mineral ,

mode ,

moisture

moho discontinuity

mountain

O observation , , ,

occluded front

ocean floor spreading

orbit

orbital speed

organic



ENGLISH PUNJABI original horizontality

outcrop

outer core ()

oxidation ,

P parallel ,

perihelion

period

permeability

phase

plain , ,

planetary winds

plateau

plate tectonic theory

polar

Polaris

pollutants

porosity

potential energy

precipitation ,

pressure gradient

primary waves

prime meridian

R radiation

radioactive balance

radioactive dating -

radioactive decay

radio telescope

reargue -

reflection ,

refraction



ENGLISH PUNJABI refracting telescope

regolith

relative age

relative humidity

residual sediment -

resource

revolution -

rock

rock cycle -

rock formation

rock resistance

rotation ,

runoff

S salinity

saturation ,

scalar field

season

secondary wages

sediments ,

sedimentary rocks

seismic waves

senses

silicon-oxygen tetrahedron -

sink (energy) ()

seismograph

slope

soil horizon

soil profile

soil storage

solar noon

solar system



ENGLISH PUNJABI solid

solidification

solstices

sorting of sediments

source (energy) ()

source (region) ()

specific heat

species ,

stationary front

strata ,

streak ,

stream bed

stream discharge

subsidence ,

sundial

sublimation

superposition

surplus

suspension

syncline

T technology

tectonics ,

temperature

terrestrial motions

texture

tilted strata ,

time

topographic map

track



ENGLISH PUNJABI transformation

transition

transpiration

transport

transporting system -

transverse wave

U ultraviolet

uplifting force

uranium

usage

V valley glacier

vapor

vapor pressure

variable ,

vector field ( )

vein ,

vertical

visible light spectrum

visibility -

volcano

volcanic ash

volume , ,

W waning ,

warm front

water budget

water cycle -

water purification

water shed -, -



ENGLISH PUNJABI water table -

water vapor

wavelength

waxing

weather prediction

weathering

weight

wind

Y year

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