Earth System Science Vocabularies Part III: Earth System Environments part of ESS Vocabulary
Earth Structure inner core The center part of the earth's core, extending from a depth of about 5100 km to the center (6371 km) of the earth; is probably solid outer core The outer or upper zone of the ...

Earth System Science Vocabularies Part II: Earth System Processes part of ESS Vocabulary
Planetary Formation accretion (planetary) The process whereby small particles and gases in the solar nebula came together to form larger bodies, eventually of planetary size geodynamics the physical processes ...

Earth System Science Vocabularies Part I: General Science Topics, Processes and Concepts part of ESS Vocabulary
States of Matter Forms of matter as solid, liquid or vapor, differing in their observable physical properties Processes that Alter States of Matter condensation Process by which a vapor becomes liquid or solid ...

Earth System Science Vocabulary part of ESS Vocabulary
Introduction The Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) community has asked for the ability to search/browse in ways that support Earth system science education. The Earth system approach emphasizes the ...

References Used in Compiling Earth System Science Vocabularies part of ESS Vocabulary
Dictionaries, Glossaries, General Information American Geological Institute, 1997, Glossary of Geology 4th Ed., Julia A. Jackson (ed.), AGI, Alexandria VA, 769 pp. Cambridge Dictionary of Science and Technology, ...

Earth System Science Vocabularies Part VI: Hot Topics In Science, In the News part of ESS Vocabulary
This domain is intended to be organic and dynamic-growing in response to community interest. The first registry is of "hot topics in science" those areas where really exciting advances are being made ...

Earth System Science Vocabularies Part V: Ways of Knowing About the Earth part of ESS Vocabulary
OBSERVATION remote sensing The science of collecting, processing, and interpreting images that record the interaction between electro-magnetic energy and matter. Acquiring information about an object or phenomenon ...

Earth System Science Vocabularies Part IV: Time and the Earth System part of ESS Vocabulary
Measuring/Understanding Time Principle of Uniformitarianism The principle that the geological forces of the past differ neither in kind nor in energy from those now in operation. By its emphasis on the cumulative ...