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Most of the water is found in the oceans, but it can also be found... (3 answers)
What is In the atmosphere, On land, and In the soil?
These may separate, collide, or slip past one another.
What are Tectonic plates?
Older mountains are generally smoother than younger mountains due to (2 things)
What is Weathering and Erosion?
List the water cycle in order.
1. Evaporation
2. Condensation
3. Precipitation
The difference between ocean water and fresh water is that ocean water contains _____ salts.
What is More?
The smallest ocean
What is the Arctic ocean?
________ eruptions also add gases to the atmosphere.
What are Volcanic?
Earth's atmosphere is mostly composed of which gases?
What is Nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?
To learn about Earth's interior, scientists use
What are Seismic waves?
The largest ocean on Earth
What is the Pacific Ocean?
Tectonic plates are responsible for forming: (3 things)
What are Mountains, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes?
Rock layers that store and allow the flow of ground water
What are Aquifers?
Over time, rivers can
Most of the algae float at the surface of the ocean and are known as
Surface currents in the Pacific move in a _______________ direction south of the equator.
What is Counter-clockwise?
Almost all of the ozone in the atmosphere is concentrated in the
What is the Stratosphere?
The second most abundant gas in the atmosphere
What is Oxygen?
List the oceans from largest to smallest in size.
What is 1. Pacific , 2. Atlantic, 3. Indian, 4. Arctic?
Although it makes up only 1% of all the water on Earth, ground water fulfills: (3 things)
What is the Human need for fresh drinking water, Agricultural needs, and Industrial needs?
Most of the salt in the ocean is made up of which two elements?
What is Sodium and chloride?
Soft rocks, such as ___________, erode more easily than hard rocks, such as granite do.
What are Sandstones?
Water makes up for what fraction of the globe?
What is Three-quarters (3/4)?
Seismologists measure changes in ________ and ________ of seismic waves that penetrate the interior of the planet.
What is The speed and direction?
The mantle is made of rocks of medium density, and makes up ____% of the mass of the Earth.
What is 64%?
List the three layers that make up the Composition of the Earth from outermost to the innermost.
What is The crust, The mantle, and The core?
The hydrosphere includes all of the water on or near Earth's surface, this includes water located in the (list 4 out of 8)
What are the Oceans, Lakes, Rivers, Wetlands, Polar ice caps, Soil, Rock layers beneath Earth's surface, and Clouds?
Surface currents in the Pacific move in a __________ direction north of the equator.
What is Clockwise?
One of the most important functions of the world ocean is to absorb and store energy from sunlight which in turn...
What is Regulates temperatures in Earth's atmosphere?
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Mesosphere?
Earth would be too cold for life to exist without this
What is the Greenhouse effect?
List the four layers of the Atmosphere based on temperature changes.
What is the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, and Thermosphere?
Nitrogen makes up ___% of Earth's atmosphere.
What is 78%?
List the five layers of Earth based on the physical properties of each layer in no particular order.
What is the Lithosphere, Asthenosphere, Mesosphere, Outer Core, and Inner Core?
The deepest point on the ocean floor
What is The Challenger Deep?
List the 3 temperature zones of the ocean from the surface to deepest:
What is 1. Surface Zone, 2. Thermocline, and 3. Deep zone?