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\n ice cap\n <\/dt>\n
\n Permanent ice that is found mostly around Greenland and Antarctica.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ice core\n <\/dt>\n
\n Cylinder of ice extracted from a glacier or ice sheet.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ice wedging\n <\/dt>\n
\n Water enters a crack, expands as it freezes, and wedges the rock apart.\n <\/dd>\n
\n igneous rock\n <\/dt>\n
\n A rock formed from cooled magma.\n <\/dd>\n
\n impermeable\n <\/dt>\n
\n Something that water cannot penetrate.\n <\/dd>\n
\n import\n <\/dt>\n
\n To receive a resource or product from another country.\n <\/dd>\n
\n independent variable\n <\/dt>\n
\n The variable in an experiment that is controlled and changed by the researcher.\n <\/dd>\n
\n index fossil\n <\/dt>\n
\n A fossil indicates the relative age of the rock in which it is found. Index fossils come from species that were widespread but existed for a relatively brief period of time.\n <\/dd>\n
\n Industrial Revolution\n <\/dt>\n
\n A time when mass production and fossil fuel use started to grow explosively.\n <\/dd>\n
\n infrared light\n <\/dt>\n
\n Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between radio waves and red light.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inner planets\n <\/dt>\n
\n The four planets inside the asteroid belt: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inorganic\n <\/dt>\n
\n Not organic; not involving life or living organisms. For example, the rock and mineral portion of the soil.\n <\/dd>\n
\n insolation\n <\/dt>\n
\n The amount of solar radiation striking a given area over a given period of time.\n <\/dd>\n
\n insulation\n <\/dt>\n
\n A material that inhibits conduction of heat or electricity.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intermediate\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of igneous rock that is in between felsic and mafic.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intertidal zone\n <\/dt>\n
\n The part of the ocean closest to the shore, between low and high tide.\n <\/dd>\n
\n Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)\n <\/dt>\n
\n A low pressure zone where the Hadley Cells at the equator meet.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intraplate activity\n <\/dt>\n
\n Geologic activity that takes place away from plate boundaries.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intrusive\n <\/dt>\n
\n Igneous rocks that form inside the Earth from slowly cooling magma.\n <\/dd>\n
\n invasive species\n <\/dt>\n
\n A species of organism that spreads in an area where it is not native. People often introduce invasive species either purposefully or by accident.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inversion\n <\/dt>\n
\n A situation in which warm air lies above cold air.\n <\/dd>\n
\n invertebrate\n <\/dt>\n
\n Animal with no backbone.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ion\n <\/dt>\n
\n An atom with one or more electrons added or subtracted; it has an electrical charge.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ionic bond\n <\/dt>\n
\n A chemical bond in which atoms give or accept atoms.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ionosphere\n <\/dt>\n
\n An ionized layer within the thermosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n irregular galaxy\n <\/dt>\n
\n A galaxy that is neither spiral nor elliptical.\n <\/dd>\n
\n island arc\n <\/dt>\n
\n A line of ocean island volcanoes resulting from subduction beneath oceanic lithosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isobars\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal air pressure.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotachs\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal wind speed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotherms\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal temperatures.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotope\n <\/dt>\n
\n A chemical element that has a different number of neutrons.\n <\/dd>\n <\/dl>\n<\/body>","rendered":"
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\n ice cap\n <\/dt>\n
\n Permanent ice that is found mostly around Greenland and Antarctica.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ice core\n <\/dt>\n
\n Cylinder of ice extracted from a glacier or ice sheet.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ice wedging\n <\/dt>\n
\n Water enters a crack, expands as it freezes, and wedges the rock apart.\n <\/dd>\n
\n igneous rock\n <\/dt>\n
\n A rock formed from cooled magma.\n <\/dd>\n
\n impermeable\n <\/dt>\n
\n Something that water cannot penetrate.\n <\/dd>\n
\n import\n <\/dt>\n
\n To receive a resource or product from another country.\n <\/dd>\n
\n independent variable\n <\/dt>\n
\n The variable in an experiment that is controlled and changed by the researcher.\n <\/dd>\n
\n index fossil\n <\/dt>\n
\n A fossil indicates the relative age of the rock in which it is found. Index fossils come from species that were widespread but existed for a relatively brief period of time.\n <\/dd>\n
\n Industrial Revolution\n <\/dt>\n
\n A time when mass production and fossil fuel use started to grow explosively.\n <\/dd>\n
\n infrared light\n <\/dt>\n
\n Electromagnetic waves with frequencies between radio waves and red light.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inner planets\n <\/dt>\n
\n The four planets inside the asteroid belt: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inorganic\n <\/dt>\n
\n Not organic; not involving life or living organisms. For example, the rock and mineral portion of the soil.\n <\/dd>\n
\n insolation\n <\/dt>\n
\n The amount of solar radiation striking a given area over a given period of time.\n <\/dd>\n
\n insulation\n <\/dt>\n
\n A material that inhibits conduction of heat or electricity.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intermediate\n <\/dt>\n
\n A type of igneous rock that is in between felsic and mafic.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intertidal zone\n <\/dt>\n
\n The part of the ocean closest to the shore, between low and high tide.\n <\/dd>\n
\n Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)\n <\/dt>\n
\n A low pressure zone where the Hadley Cells at the equator meet.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intraplate activity\n <\/dt>\n
\n Geologic activity that takes place away from plate boundaries.\n <\/dd>\n
\n intrusive\n <\/dt>\n
\n Igneous rocks that form inside the Earth from slowly cooling magma.\n <\/dd>\n
\n invasive species\n <\/dt>\n
\n A species of organism that spreads in an area where it is not native. People often introduce invasive species either purposefully or by accident.\n <\/dd>\n
\n inversion\n <\/dt>\n
\n A situation in which warm air lies above cold air.\n <\/dd>\n
\n invertebrate\n <\/dt>\n
\n Animal with no backbone.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ion\n <\/dt>\n
\n An atom with one or more electrons added or subtracted; it has an electrical charge.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ionic bond\n <\/dt>\n
\n A chemical bond in which atoms give or accept atoms.\n <\/dd>\n
\n ionosphere\n <\/dt>\n
\n An ionized layer within the thermosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n irregular galaxy\n <\/dt>\n
\n A galaxy that is neither spiral nor elliptical.\n <\/dd>\n
\n island arc\n <\/dt>\n
\n A line of ocean island volcanoes resulting from subduction beneath oceanic lithosphere.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isobars\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal air pressure.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotachs\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal wind speed.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotherms\n <\/dt>\n
\n Lines connecting locations that have equal temperatures.\n <\/dd>\n
\n isotope\n <\/dt>\n
\n A chemical element that has a different number of neutrons.\n <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n\n\t\t\t
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